Cheaper?? Just wait till you forget it is there or someone else does and you tweak the rear hatch out of shape. I see big $$$$ signs. Just buy new struts and be done with it. Don't be penny wise and pound poor. I used the PVC solution and almost ruined my door. Good only for a temporary fix and a trip to the parts store in my opinion. William
> I plan to use the suggestion someone else posted here of slipping a piece > of PVC pipe over one of the cylinders, the right length to slip over the > shaft and wedge against the cylinder in the full-open position. > > Not quite as elegant as replacement cylinders, admittedly, but a lot > cheaper and (from the sound of it) probably longer lasting. > > _ _ > __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI > / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- > | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org > \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the > |___/ pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, > the glass is twice as big as it needs to be." > |
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