Date:         Mon, 4 Mar 2002 20:58:59 -0800
Reply-To:     developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Rear hatch struts revisted. Why do they fail?
Comments: To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
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No fu fu dust. They are actually different. As I said in another post, the
left has the ball joint on the other end.

William

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: Rear hatch struts revisted. Why do they fail?


> 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
> >
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