Gas pressurized spring for soft top

E36maindriver

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Hi all,
First time Z3 owner but second E36 however I have run into a part no one seems to mention but exists on the convertible. On the driver's side exists a strut that seems to be to assist in one handing the convertible top, mine is broken, and I'm trying to figure out what kind of effort it would take to remove the lower half of the strut.

for reference this is BMW pn: 54318407233
 
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