A cheap solution to tired hatch struts

[tberk at sbcglobal.net (T Berk)]

Kervin Ridgley posted on top:
> 
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:40:41 -0800 (PST), Neptuno <neptunonc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>So I have been looking at many Vanagon sites and found this:
>>http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/hatchstrut/hatchstruts.htm
>>
>>look at point one.... That looks like something that we could use..... I dont know how many of you have tried to find new struts, but they seem to be a bit on the $$$$ side.
>>El Tony
>>
 > Way back when I first joined the list, I was looking for new hatch
 > struts too.  "Cheap ass Ron" told me to just bent them in a little to
 > provide more friction.  Three years later, they still hold the hatch
 > up just fine.
 >
 > Kervin
 >


Well, I know Potter, da Man called me on not having real Scirocco part 
numbers on my struts one time but I had replaced (at least one) with the 
single unit(s) from a Rabbit. These Rabbit hatch struts are of the 
higher pressure described on the Vanagon page; ie they last longer too.


TBerk