Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:20:04 -0400
Reply-To: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: Vanagon rear hatchback supports WARNING!
In-Reply-To: <BAY109-F4082054250C7F91ECFFD10E9380@phx.gbl>
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I have a pair of BusDepot's heavy duty struts (251 829 332) on my '85
Westy. They're the type that don't lift the hatch but rather make the
hatch stay where you put it and make the hatch really hard to shut. In
fact, I can hang a bike rack on the hatch with my bike attached and it
stays up nicely.
Mike
karen k wrote:
> Are your struts Stabilus 251 829 332 or 29127? I got 2 of them, suppose to
> be heavy duty and my hatch is very easy to open and close...it still stays
> up but definately not stiff like Bus Depot and various vendors claim. I
> wonder why mine are not stiff since got 2 of the heavy duty OEM
> ones...something seems wrong here. Anyone else have 2 of these heavy duty
> with their hatch being very easily to close and able to stay in variable
> positions. Mine say they are Hydro lift, Stabilus made in Germany but sure
> doesn't match what Bus Depot says.
>
>
>> From: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
>> Reply-To: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Vanagon rear hatchback supports WARNING!
>> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:10:30 -0700
>>
>> "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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