Rebuild/Upgrade Service for Nissan 370Z Left Tonneau Cylinder
  • Rebuild/Upgrade Service for Nissan 370Z Left Tonneau Cylinder
  • '09-'13 Nissan 370Z 97093K hydraulic system diagram

Left Tonneau Cylinder - Nissan 370Z

$200.00

There are two options for placing your order:

1. (Most affordable) You send in your leaking Left Tonneau Cylinder, and Top Hydraulics rebuilds it.

  • Top Hydraulics replaces & upgrades ALL seals in your cylinder with our superior proprietary material including rod seals, gland seals, port seals, plug seals and piston seals. Top Hydraulics also manufactures and installs our own precision CNC machined front caps in these cylinders, so that the tiny OEM rod seals can be replaced with Top Hydraulics' u-cup seals for a far more reliable seal and much longer service life.

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2. (Fastest) Core Exchange Option where Top Hydraulics ships the part from our inventory first ($250 plus a $250 deposit).

  • Option 2 means that you get a rebuilt & upgraded cylinder from Top Hydraulics' inventory first, then you ship back your original part for credit of your $250 core refund. You get a cylinder that has been rebuilt to outlast and outperform OEM replacements.

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No sales tax for orders in the USA

 

We provide world class technical support

 

3-year standard warranty (should last decades)

*Please note* - Cylinders from our stock do not ship with travel sensors.

The hydraulic cylinders are connected to the hydraulic pump via hydraulic hoses. Top Hydraulics remanufactures your own hydraulic cylinders to better-than new condition, Top Hydraulics manufactures new hydraulic hoses out of superior material, and Top Hydraulics can rebuild your 370Z folding top hydraulic pump.

All seven convertible top hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic hoses, and the hydraulic pump for your 370Z are sold by Nissan only as a complete set, part number 97093K. No need to buy a complete hydraulic system, when you can have your components upgraded by Top Hydraulics for far less money! 

Unfortunately, the seals in the hydraulic cylinders deteriorate with time, and the service life of the original seals can be less than ten years in warm climates. This decay is a chemical reaction that gets accelerated by high temperatures or by additives to the hydraulic fluid. Each cylinder has four static seals that seal the front and rear caps and the hydraulic line ports, plus a rod seal that seals the moving metal rod to the cylinder body, plus a piston seal that prevents internal leaks and transfers the hydraulic pressure from the pump into movement of the cylinder's piston.

Typically, you will see your hydraulic cylinders leaking first at the bottom, where you wouldn't expect it. The first thought will be that an o-ring on the hydraulic line must be defective. It is actually the first sign that all seals need to be replaced. Seal replacement is absolutely not a DIY job, because the cylinders are crimped together. It requires special machinery to disassemble and reassemble these cylinders, plus all four internal seals have special shapes and sizes. The internal seals are not available to the public. Only the port seals (sealing the hydraulic lines to the cylinder body) are standard o-rings, but they do not normally fail unless they get damaged upon hydraulic line installation.

Top Hydraulics manufactures its own internal seals for your 370Z hydraulic cylinders. They are a clear improvement over the original seals both in material and geometry. For example, the tiny flat rod seals get replaced with much larger cup seals, which will stay elastic much longer and are more forgiving towards scratches or impurities on the polished cylinder rods.

In the extremely rare cases that a cylinder shaft got rusty or damaged by a tool during a futile DIY repair attempt, Top Hydraulics can replace the shaft with a hardened stainless steel version from its own production (for a surcharge).

Please note: Our rebuild/upgrade service does not include service or replacement of the travel sensor(s).  If you do need a replacement sensor, we sell OEM sensors for $50 each.

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