Re: [DML] Adjustable Door Struts

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

I think a bigger improvement in the struts would be a temperature
compensating strut. That would make the doors less sensitive to
changes in temperature when opening. In the wintertime my doors won't
open all the way but in the summertime on a HOT day they might open
too hard! I think some of the complaints about the struts would be
solved if they operated more consistanly over a wider temperature
range. Unfortunatly we probably won't see anything like this until the
present stock is depleted and the venders have to reorder. It
shouldn't be too hard to do as all it is is a bimetal spring hooked up
to an orifice inside. I would pay a little more for a better strut. As
far as trying to install a valve into a strut they are under a lot of
internal pressure, if you cut or drill into it you would release a
powerful stream of oil. Under that kind of pressure it could cut into
you or at least it could inject into your body, NOT A GOOD THING!!!!
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "B Benson" <delornut@xxxx> wrote:
> One bar is 14.5 psi so 170 bar would be 2465psi. Sounds like a lot
but the
> piston in the door strut is pretty small so maybe it does take that
much to
> get enough lift.
> 
> Bruce Benson
> 
> > For those of us, who don't remember how to convert bar to psi, 
how much
> > is 170 bar in PSI?