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Gas-Filled Strut, Disposing: Notes

WARNING:
  • Follow the safety regulations.
  • Separation work should be done by qualified personnel only.
  • Insert the pressure spring into a prismatic jaw vise with a Single Hand Angle Grinder VAS 5167 before cutting through.
  • When cutting through the spring coils, a sudden impact will occur.
  • The gas-filled strut can be disposed of only after the tension of the compression spring has been reduced to zero.

Special tools and workshop equipment required