Hey guy,

I just put on a new set of Sachs hood struts and the hood actually falls more than before?

Do they adjust or is there another trick? The hinges don't have springs so I assume the strut does all the holding.

Thx

 

maybe got a bad set, or bought fiberglass struts instead of steel?

when my hood struts were new the hood would damn near lift itself up, i just bought the off the shelf ones at the parts store

 

 

I have got them off line before and got bad ones i have better luck with the ones that Oreilly auto parts sells i have them on my car best ones ive had and they are around $14.00 each

 

Ya sounds to me like you got a bad set or ones that are too weak to hold the weight. I bought mine off of Rockauto.com and they almost lift the hood on their own. The hatch ones actually do lift it up on their own!

 

I went with the Sachs specifially cuz I was prepared to pay a bit extra for quality.

I'll reach out to the vendor (off ebay ) and hope they send me another set.
Thx boys, I just didn't know if there was a trick or anything.
Asim

 

This is a Sachs part number I got from Orielly's for the correct steel hood lift supports.... SG430001 fits 82-92. I think you got some used/bad ones.

 

If They Are The Correct One's They Would Have Plenty Of Pressure To Hold Up The Hood,They Don't Adjust.

 

ebayer sent a new set. Worked perfectly. Looks like both the last set were bad.
Thx

 

Good deal! I guess not all ebayer's are crooked!

 

I got mine from autozone and put them on the car in the parking lot for the vary same reason...

they have more than 1 part number, it sounds like you have the ones that are for the fiberglass 82-83 hood. They are physically identical. I tried both sets, one would not hold the hood up and the other lifted the hood buy themselves.