crabio

So my brother in law has this odd habit that he's always done with the door on his Leer canopy.

He drives into his garage and opens the rear door on the canopy. Every day when he gets back in the truck he, of course, closes it.

I asked him why he does that and he states .... It helps prolong the life of the pneumatic pistons that hold the door in the up position.

So my question is .... Is there any truth to that? I've never heard of that before and as much as I looked around online, could not find anything much that would lead someone to do that.

Anyone ever heard of that?

AricsFX

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Theyre so cheap that i could care less. not worth the hassle

leauxtide

Sounds a little OCD to me!

kobayashi maru

lol no idea if that's even theoretically true... I suppose it does relieve some pressure which might help prolong seal life but as the guys above said, not worth the hassle and sounds a bit OCD.

Effex 2

Doubt there is any truth to it. If there was then we better start parking our trucks with the front hood up. The risk of driving out the garage in a hurry and damaging door of canopy, the canopy and possibly the garage is worse then the cost of replacing one or both struts when they do fail.

chickenwire

I'm going with "not true". The gas (usually nitrogen, I believe) is at equal pressure on either side of the piston, up or down. If the strut loses pressure you're likely to notice the gate opens easier as well as doesn't stay open - not enough pressure to hold the piston in one place or the other.