My tool box is leaking

[stokester]

I recently bought a HF box and have been wondering about those struts. Why does it seem they always mount them with the seal end down?

When I worked at the Chevy shop there was a recall on some leaking lift gate struts on the Traverse.  When we replaced them they were to be mounted upside-down (seal end down) to help prevent dirt and debris from collecting on the seal and possibly wearing on the strut.  Almost all modern motorcycles have the front forks mounted that way as well.

[Heiny57]

Finally bought replacements from HF. A little pricey at $17 each but it was worth a few bucks to not have to possibly change mounts on a Amazon universal strut. I did google the webs as to why they were mounted shaft down.  Stokester is right, less dirt in shaft and the oil is gravity placed to lube seal and also the hydraulics don’t operate correctly if inverted which I confirmed myself out of curiosity.