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Title: 72" basement door struts 1997 U295
Post by: Jack Lewis on January 15, 2018, 09:34:16 pm
I ordered 4 replacement struts for the 72" basement doors from Foretravel.  They shipped 150#, 20" struts, the ones on there were 18 1/2, possibly after market.  My question is this, is there such thing as a tool to compress them this 1 1/2 inches?  If so what is it?
Title: Re: 72" basement door struts 1997 U295
Post by: craneman on January 15, 2018, 09:41:55 pm
Cheap HF ratchet tie down
Title: Re: 72" basement door struts 1997 U295
Post by: Jack Lewis on January 15, 2018, 10:33:08 pm
craneman, you mean something as simple as just a Harbor Freight ratchet strap tie down to compress?  Can it be that easy, I will try tomorrow.  Thank you
Title: Re: 72" basement door struts 1997 U295
Post by: Alan & Gerri Ortiz on January 15, 2018, 10:57:21 pm
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Title: Re: 72" basement door struts 1997 U295
Post by: craneman on January 15, 2018, 11:02:23 pm
Quote from: Jack Lewis –
craneman, you mean something as simple as just a Harbor Freight ratchet strap tie down to compress?  Can it be that easy, I will try tomorrow.  Thank you
The cheap 1" yellow one will get about 4 done before wearing the material.
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