Glove box gas shock

[97SN]

just finished installing a second bracket and gas shock to the lid. works great. either shock by themselves won't hold the lid up, but both together do just fine. I got the extra hardware through Overtons.

[mfloski]

I second M3Fan....just installed my 40lbs Napa gas shock and it was easy to install and seems to work great.....will see how long it lasts now!

[jhiestand]

I'll be interested to hear how the 40lb'er works. I've never had problems with the stock spring holding the door open, but my big beef is that the spring doesn't seem to help slow the door down when closing. As a matter of fact, the majority springs on my 01 only seem designed to hold doors open (rear hatches, ski locker hatch, glove box door). They don't slow the doors down when closing.

Let us know how they work!!

[M3Fan]

Well, you have to push down on the lid now to shut it. Effort is required to shut it up until about 1 inch from full closing, then it drops on its own weight with that solid "thud".

[jhiestand]

You have to push it to close it? That's it -- I'm hitting NAPA.

You say it's part #819-5582?

[EchoLodge]

I went with the napa 40 lb shock. Any feed back on how long it will last? Is it best to store with box up so shock is not compressed?

[Johnsongc]

I have had the 40lb shock on my 2001 196 for over a year now with no loss of pressure. Definetly worth the swap.

Greg

[RJ]

Since this thread was revived, Does anyone know if you can get the larger shocks used to raise the seats at NAPA as well? Anyone have part number for these? The ones I need are ones to hold up the observer seat, but I think all of the seat shocks are the same.
Thanks for all the good info on this thread.
RJ

[etwman]

This is a very helpful thread, I'm going to get a NAPA Shock this week. Thanks guys for finding something that works. I don't think CC has put a glove box shock in yet on a boat that has actually worked for more than a month. We went through them like water on our 94 and low and behold I'm having issues with them on an '03. I love CC boats but they need to get this right. Nothing is more annoying that propping your lid up with an elbow while digging around for your wallet and keys.

I bet if Jeff polled everyone and asked who has had problems with gas shocks it would hit 90%.

[khaz]

Another thank you for reviving this thread, as I put in the 40lb shock last night. It will be nice to ask the kids to grab something out of the glove box, and not worry about losing any fingers.

[78LS2]

When I was looking at new 196s this past weekend, I opened one of the glove boxes. Guess what? The shock was no good...on a new boat! Yuck.