What type of steel is used in making car strut piston rod?

A friend of mine has several old car struts and I noticed that they all had nice looking round stock as the piston connecting rod. Its really hard stuff, what type of steel could this be? and would it be useful for linear bearing assy's or shaft material just to mess around with?

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Modat22
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I'd like to know this too. I have been getting the defect shocks out of the scrap box at the warehouse (THose guys think I'm nuts) and chopsawing the rods off. I've used it quite a bit, but I don't think it turns very well. Could be operator probelm though. I also use the hatch strut rods. All I've found have been .312 or

5/16, a convenient size for a lot of things.

- - Rex Burkheimer WM Automotive Fort Worth TX

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It would be nice if we could take the temper out of it easily, turn it, then reharden the material. I normally would worry about it but I have access to a large number of these things.

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Just a guess here, but based on the application it is in, I would think something along the lines of 4340 or the like.

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