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Opener damper

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Hello this is my solution of the broken opener damper and it works good
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Looks functional, my seat used to fall down but I think some dirt has got in the strut and now it mostly works.
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when is fully closed it seems that it will hit the helmet if you put it in the lower position? above the battery?
i ask this because the storage widens where the helmet sits and it seems to me that is going to interfere?
if it doesn't hit the helmet great!
i might be coping your solution:)
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Hello eidikos I was just and test I have shoei raid2 if I take to the left said it close but it works
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Nice work, Affeno!

Did you make that yourself? What was it used for originally?

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Re: Opener damper

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Thats nice!!!
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so affeno, is it diy or did you purchase it from somewhere?
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Hello yes I made it by myself but I think you can buy similar at a hardware store as the picture, it is used for windows or furniture
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While I am currently using "Stick" technology, I have also considered misusing a bit of boating hardware. These hatch springs are used to keep the lid of a nav station up. When you lift the lid, the spring becomes rigid. To close, you push on the side of the spring and it collapses.
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Re: Opener damper

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I have stated somewhere in this forum that my seat used to fall down but now it stays up by itself. My Forza was made in June 2013 and has 26,000 km (16,000 miles) on it.

Does anyone have one made earlier?

Does anyone have more km (miles) ?

So as the Forza gets older what problems can I expect to see in the future?
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The damper is temperature sensitive. Mine will not hold below 60 F. 60-75 F is a maybe, and over 75 F it usually works fine. I complained to the dealer, but they could not find any specific recall notice, and of course on that day it was working fine.

Does anybody know of a specific recall that I could point them too?
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the damper has not been designed for use in Scotland then!!!
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Nor the Wet Coast of Canada most of the time.
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I live in Thailand and bought my Forza in february 2013 and it have 26000km and this problem started maybe after 1 year but now it works good
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Re: Opener damper

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GeorgeSK wrote:While I am currently using "Stick" technology, I have also considered misusing a bit of boating hardware. These hatch springs are used to keep the lid of a nav station up. When you lift the lid, the spring becomes rigid. To close, you push on the side of the spring and it collapses.
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@GeorgeSK this is, in my opinion, a better choice than the one from affeno and i will explain why i think that.
on saturday i went with my wife on a trip with the motorcycle club we are registered in. in the compartment under the seat we had her purse, her jacket and my jacket. we put her stuff in the compartment where the battery is but my jacket wouldn't fit in the top compartment. so i had to lay it so part of it was under the thin space that connects the two.

As it turned out it was too hot to wear the jacket so it stayed there for the whole trip. During the trip i opened the seat 3 or 4 times.

Affeno's solution would most probably catch the jacket and maybe damage it also, but GeorgeSK's solution because its a flexible spring and not rigid aluminium wont catch the jacket but adjust its shape upon closure.
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