[C320-list] Gas spring for port cockpit locker

[Michael Leschisin]

Has anyone found a gas strut solution for the frig’ lid?  

I lost a fingernail and nearly a finger tip last summer when trying to open it with wet hands.  I tried the friction hinges from Gem Lux but their match for the existing hinges have 40 inch pounds of friction.  It is so much that I could not get the lid to completely close and I was a little alarmed at how much force was being put on just a few shallow screw in the counter top.

Any advice would be appreciated,


Michael Leschisin

Wild Blue Yonder
C320 #995
Menominee, MI

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> On Feb 18, 2023, at 1:01 PM, Ade Bateman via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I think this is what you are looking for: https://c320.org/filemgmt/visit.php?lid=203
> 
> Ade.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Greg Arnold via C320-list
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2023 10:34 AM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Cc: Greg Arnold <greg-arnold at gmx.com>
> Subject: [C320-list] Gas spring for port cockpit locker
> 
> 
> Back in 2018, there was a group discussion about the installation of a gas strut to hold open the big port cockpit locker:
> 
> https://groups.google.com/g/c320-list/c/M9yejIDOXHs/m/IFpnCXZBCAAJ
> 
> According to that discussion, Neil Kornblatt (who did this installation) was going to publish an article with photos. Does anyone know where I can find his article, or have Neil's email?
> 
> In the 2018 thread, Neil indicated that he used a 40 pound strut that was 12" compressed and 20" extended.  Neil thought that a 60 pound strut would be better.  I can find that strut on Amazon (tinyurl.com/4zv3auzz), and presumably elsewhere.
> 
> What I need are photos or description of how the strut was mounted in the locker.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Greg
> 2005 C-320 #1054