Well, just to chime in here, we use the one soft & one hard on all the vans, but I change it to two hard when we put the bike rack on the hatch. Works perfectly for us. Jake On 8/28/06, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> 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. > > > The original configuration is one weaker strut on the left and one > stronger > strut on the right. But many people do put on 2 right (stronger) ones. > This > will last longer and work better in cold weather. We do sell both sides > for > those who want to use the original configuration, but most who have tried > the two stronger ones don't go back. > > What is important is that you always replace them in pairs. If you replace > only one, it's likely that the other one is already weak, so the new one > will be doing extra work. This will cause it to fail prematurely, so you > end > up replacing one at a time at a more frequent rate than if you replaced > them > in pairs. > > Links: > > Left (standard): http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=251829331B > > Right (heavy duty): http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=251829332 > > - Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot, Inc. > www.busdepot.com > (215) 234-VWVW > > _____________________________________________ > Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com |
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