JL Industries RHD-KIT-RETROSPR-G1

Q: It finally got warm enough today to put the new struts on our JL roof hatch, they went on OK but we are having issues now closing the hatch. It opens fine ( does appear to over extend ) but when you try to close it the shocks are in a bind until they get part way down. It seems to me that the tolerance between the inside and outside tube is too large causing it to bind on the way down. You can see when the hatch fully extended the shocks push out because of the clearance between the 2 tubes. Once you work the shocks back and forth coming down to release their bind at about 25% closed or past vertical it closes better but it still feel like they are binding. Could the springs be the wrong rate ( too stiff ) ??