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Date:         Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:24:24 -0500
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rear hatch struts  - heavy duty
Comments: cc: hhoffman@IP-SOLUTIONS.NET
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> Bus Depot offers a set of heavy duty rear struts. They supposedly can hold open > the hatch even with a bike rack and bikes. Unfortunately they are on back order > for 2-3 months. Anyone know a alternate vendor?

> The parts may be available elsewhere, but revise your expectations on the > strength. We bought a pair of the "strong" struts several years ago and they still > work well but never held the '87's hatch open with bikes on the Bones hatch- > mounted rack. The rack by itself, yes, but not with bikes. That can be a lot of extra > weight to support.

These are different ones, stronger than the ones you bought several years ago. I can't say from personal experience exactly how much they'll hold but it will be much more than the other ones. We are the only U.S. dealer. However it's probably going to be more like 6 -8 weeks, not 2-3 months.

- Ron Salmon   The Bus Depot, Inc.   www.busdepot.com   (215)  234-VWVW

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