I see you're still trying to reinvent the Vanagon. I bought generic struts from Auto Zone seven years ago at about $22.00 each and they're still holding the hatch up and have plenty of resistance when being closed. I see the VW guy put FuFu dust on his part numbers for you. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 19:42:05 -0800 developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET> writes: > I replaced my rear hatch struts today with the stock VW struts part > #s > 251 829 331A for the left > and 251 829 332 for the right > > I discovered that only one of the struts on my van was defective. > The > previous owner put the right side strut on both sides. The left one > failed. > > I was told by the parts person that one strut is for opening and one > is for > closing and that the right one is a bit stronger and is why it costs > more. > > I am wondering if the reason the left strut failed is due to it > being the > wrong strut; that is, made for closing rather than opening the > hatch. > > Does anyone know for sure or if it matters at all? > > William Polowniak > 1989 Vanagon GL > 1988 Mercedes 300 SE > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
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