What I was starting to formulate, was the brilliant solution that one always finds on the list, if one allows the thread to properly mature..... Then I saw that somebody on the list, quoting the scripture, seemed to have nailed this one. very nice. I had wanted to suggest taht VW had simply gotten a new OEM parts producer, since the parts were not anymore "exactly identical" VW saw it fit to assign a new part number to the new manufacturers strut. Now can we talk about tires again? ;-) <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ Robert S. Fish Salzburg, Austria 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender 1987 Golf Cabriolet 1991 Golf ----- Original Message ----- From: "developtrust" <developtrust@COX.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 8:06 PM Subject: Re: Rear hatch struts revisted. Why do they fail?
> To make them last longer, manufacturers of such things > > recommend mounting them with the cylinder up when they are in their normal > position. > > > > Now somehow that makes sense. You do mean cylinder up when the hatch is > closed, don't you? > > William > |
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