LONO100
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- 03 sport trac XLT
hey fellas, i dont know if i put this in the right section, but the gas supports for my camper shell went out and so i went to my local autozone to get a set of replacements. they couldnt look up the exact shocks i had being that it was from a camper shell so they found me a set that looked exactly the same as the ones i pulled off my camper shell. the pair cost me 50 bucks. anyway, i get home, pull them out of the package and i noticed that they dont compress at all. i figured once i get the eight of the glass hatch on them it might push them down and get them going. no luck! they were as solid as steel with no play. i pulled them off and tried compressing them with my hands and no luck.
this is my first time installing a set of these and im not sure if im missing something. they fit perfectly onto my camper shell, they just wont compress and let the hatch down. i know that on some shock absorbers theres a tape or some sort of release, but im not sure if there is one on these lift supports. the instructions dont mention anything about it. any help with this would be awesome because im pretty damn confused. thanks fellas.
this is my first time installing a set of these and im not sure if im missing something. they fit perfectly onto my camper shell, they just wont compress and let the hatch down. i know that on some shock absorbers theres a tape or some sort of release, but im not sure if there is one on these lift supports. the instructions dont mention anything about it. any help with this would be awesome because im pretty damn confused. thanks fellas.