Trunk strut function?
 

I have an 92 SVX. The trunk slams shut in spite of the trunk struts. How should a properly operating trunk strut function? Should the trunk go down slowly? Could a hand still be broken if the trunk struts, while operating normally, allow the trunk hatch to slam shut?

Would appreciate the basic info.

Do you mean could it slam shut from a half-open position, or are you asking if it could slam shut from the fully open position? If the former, I'm pretty sure that mine will fall closed from a half-open position, but I doubt very much it would break my hand.

People tend to call the trunk lid very heavy, but I disagree. It's just hinged in a very complicated way that makes it feel heavy.

I don't know how those struts are supposed to work. They seem to hold my trunk lid in the open position, but when I pull the trunk lever it doesn't come flying open or anything.

It's been discussed at least once before. I think the consensus is the struts were designed for a trunk with no spoiler (the spoiler being a US add-on). So, while I'm not sure it would break a hand, it certainly shuts with some force if left to just drop.

you could test your struts by taking them loose, one at a time and see if they extend by themselves, etc.

I don't remember that thread, but it doesn't make sense to me anyway. Factory spoilers were available in Japan, right?

Yeah, it does take some effort to work the trunk... Not to hijack, but does the spoiler have a purpose? I mean, I read somehwere that it provides downforce but it's not really shaped well to provide lots of downforce. Perhaps it's just an asthetic addition.

here's the thread that I remembered, but it doesn't come across as strongly as I remembered either:o

http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/show...&threadid=9866

I recently installed new trunk struts on my car, which has no spoiler. Before, the trunk lid would stay up if opened fully, but it surely would have broken a hand (or just about anything else) if released and allowed to slam, because it was an absolute free-fall. The new struts will open the lid fully from a position of roughly half-way, and I have to pull it down completely to latch.


dcb

Then mine are about halfway between your old ones and your new ones. :)

Thanks for replys. My struts are therefore shot!!!