- May 15, 2007
- 24,565
I just went through this issue and wanted to share. I have one of those Sentry quick access pistol safes and the gas strut has weakened to the point where it would no longer lift the cover properly.
https://www.sentrysafe.com/product/QAP1BE
So if any of you have one of these, here are a pair of replacement struts (pretty cheap in cost) and a link explaining how to replace them. Pretty easy peasy for such a maddening shortcoming with them:
https://www.amazon.com/Apexstone-Struts-Strut-Support-Shocks/dp/B07PRS7J93
How to:
https://www.b3ck.org/2019/10/26/sentry-pistol-safe-strut-replacement/
https://www.sentrysafe.com/product/QAP1BE
So if any of you have one of these, here are a pair of replacement struts (pretty cheap in cost) and a link explaining how to replace them. Pretty easy peasy for such a maddening shortcoming with them:
https://www.amazon.com/Apexstone-Struts-Strut-Support-Shocks/dp/B07PRS7J93
How to:
https://www.b3ck.org/2019/10/26/sentry-pistol-safe-strut-replacement/