Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 06:52:37 -0400
Reply-To: Roman Haag <romanhaag@YMAIL.COM>
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From: Roman Haag <romanhaag@YMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Hatchback struts
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Lol. Rooster Cogburn. That's great. :D
I get it Alistair, I mean I know what you're on about, but I don't understand the math, so I can't be precise.
The heaviest part of the opening is the very bottom of the "swing". I know because I can just barely do it with one arm.
Oh, btw, the surgery is to reattach the bicep tendon to my left arm. Again.
Thanks. I'm still sitting on the email correspondence from the sales rep, Robert, from SGS Engineering.
+44 (0)1332 576 850
Mon-Fri: 8am-5pm
www.sgs-engineering.com
He said they offer this:
"We can offer you a adjustable strut however it will be 14mm shorter over all (gassed to 1200N which you would degas to the correct levels)
The stroke diameter is 10mm and the cylinder diameter 22mm.
New struts are available at a cost of £79.50 delivered for the pair (£24.75 per strut plus £30 shipping), they covered by a two year warranty."
I have been off work for a month, unable to use my left arm, and all of my tools are on a truck at my employer's shop, so I can't do anything at all about this now. I was lucky to get the hatch open myself.
Again, thanks Alistair. 12 years ago I had to have the top of this same tendon reattached so I'm not worried this time. Just unable to complete my Westy remodel. Looks like I won't be camping this year :(
Roman
Sent from someone's plumbing
> On Jun 4, 2017, at 23:59, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
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> Or, as in the Immortal Words of Rooster Cogburn >
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> " Missy, Out Here Everything Just Depends "
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>> On 4 Jun , 2017, at 8:43 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
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>> Roman,
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>> I should put up or shit up about this. It might be time for the old school method of graph paper, pencil, protractor, ruler.
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>> But you get my drift don't you? The hatch strut to body connection point is one focus, the strut to hatch connection is another, the hinge , the weight, the changing angles and resulting change in force direction when hatch is closing....
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>> Blah blah blah :-)
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>> I wish I had the chops and the software to make an animated diagram showing all this.
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>> Alistair
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