Date:         Sat, 1 Feb 2003 15:23:33 -0800
Reply-To:     developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET>
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From:         developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Pistons on rear door
Comments: To: David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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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
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>  \__, |\__,_|_|_| "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."
>