Date:         Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:10:30 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon rear hatchback supports WARNING!
In-Reply-To:  <001b01c6cae2$df6fe5f0$6601a8c0@mike>
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"One stronger and one
> weaker is what the factory installed there.  Do
> what's right and it'll work
> properly."



I must have 2 stronger ones because my hatch goes
up with enough force to hurl pumpkins.

Robert

1982 Westfalia





--- Mike Bucchino <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

>   It's not 2 lefts or 2 rights; one of the part
> numbers has more uumph than
> the other, I can't remember which one it was.
> 2 of the stronger PN's make
> it much harder to pull it down to close it.   2
> of the weaker PN's will not
> hold up a heavier hatch; ie.- one with a rear
> wiper.  One stronger and one
> weaker is what the factory installed there.  Do
> what's right and it'll work
> properly.
>
>
> Mike B.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BJ Feddish" <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Vanagon rear hatchback supports
> WARNING!
>
>
> >I concur with the poster who suggested to not
> use supports. Back when I
> > first started on this list in the early 90's
> as a first time Vanagon owner
> > they seemed like a good idea since the only
> place to get one was the
> > dealer
> > and they were really expensive.  If you could
> find one in a junkyard it
> > was
> > guaranteed not to work. Now that Ron has them
> for $19 I see no reason why
> > anyone would want the extra trouble of using
> a support.
> >
> > Also, it was recommended a few years ago to
> buy 2 lefts or rights (I can't
> > remember which off-hand) but one of them is
> the one that does the work.
> > Having 2 of the same kind really helps keep
> that door up under all
> > circumstances and even under the coldest
> temperatures.
> >
> > Bryan
>


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