THE END OF THE MURPHY BED SAGA. After reconstructing the Murphy bed support system I finally got the gas struts back on. My dealer told me they compress them to the target length by pressing them against concrete with all their weight. Then, they said the struts would remain compressed. NOT! The gas springs don’t operate that way - they return to full length.
I called Forest River and they told me they attach the lower end, push the bed up and compress the upper end BY HAND and push the socket onto the ball. HAHA NOT!!! Superman, maybe but not an average mortal.
After attaching the lower end, I looped a ratchet strap over both ends ratcheted up compression about 1” and raised the bed. A little tweaking of the ratchet, a couple whacks with a rubber mallet and SUCCESS!
These Suspa C16-08054 20” 100 lb. gas springs cannot be compressed by hand.
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