Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 13+: 60 results shown for Strut.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• '91 Westy Tailgate Struts
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:45:46 -0700
  ...Removing circlips from the strut-ends to remove them from the hatch, with a small flat blade screw driver, then prying the wide circlip...
• Re: vanagon rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Dec 2015 09:54:40 -0500
  The gas struts being new doesn’t always mean they are good. These are also very easy to damage. Just takes on pull on...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 06:57:48 -0500
  ...So I'm looking at struts. Kim, why did you install them inside instead of outside? Is that cosmetic or functional? And I can...
• Re: KYB's Suck
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 8 May 2003 09:58:06 EDT
  ...It doesn't take much foresight to know what happens when the upper mount on a MacPherson strut comes apart. Of course, my parts...
• Re: Yeeha!
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 11:05:56 -0400
  ...I got a couple of rear hatch struts to replace my >very droopy ones. Like viagra for my van I guess, and I wonder...
• Re: Need rear table and rear gate struts
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 23:22:56 EDT
  ...hardware for them in grey and 8 pairs of rear gate struts. Anyone has these out there? Is someone making after market tables? Thank...
• Keep Rear Hatch Open with Bike Rack attached?
  Historical mailing list - DB
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 22:37:54 -0400
  ...Can I get non-stock struts that will work? Or do I need a spacer-type tube that will slip on one of the...
• Re: hatch struts: 2 strong ones or 1?
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:09:45 -0400
  I have two strong ones and couldn't be happier. I like keeping the rear hatch in check and they certainly do that. I...
• Re: '86 rear hatch help
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 17:55:15 EDT
  I sell these struts for $18.00 each. They come with a lifetime warranty. Please give me your zip code so I can calculate...
• Re: rear hatch struts, color + friday
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 23:10:22 -0400
  ...rear hatch struts, color + friday > Mark, Fellows and Fellaws: > This is precisely what I did. It will hold the hatch up even with the...
• Re: twanging/creaking noise in front suspension
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:42:11 -0500
  ...Mike Allan Streib wrote: > First significant drive today after replacing my steering rack, strut > rod bushings, and upper ball joints. > > On the initial test...
• Re: vanagon rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 26 Dec 2015 07:29:47 -0800
  ...I did make some of those secondary tubes Scott mentions, to slip over the struts to catch the hatch, mechanically, when it it extended...
• Re: fiberglass repair on poptop
  Historical mailing list - B
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 19:57:40 -0700
  ...I > ordered > one of the poptop strut kits, followed the instructions, and it > turned out > the struts that came with it were shorter than...
• EV Poptop Struts Help
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Quijano
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 16:34:02 -0500
  ...I complained to Winnebago and they replaced the struts but it made no difference on how well the top stays up. My question, Is...
• Was: Front Mounted Rack - NOW PVC strut fix
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 12:11:45 -0400
  ...My strut is installed in the opposite orientation as in the picture on the Bloss pdf I have offered to share with the list...
• Re: Can someone please help me with a part number?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:20:17 -0700
  ...Bus Depot lists the Fox strut mounts as ZBA412351 for less than $10.00 I don't know if those parts interchange Roger, that...
• Re: Lift Mechanism 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 6 Aug 2013 10:46:44 -0500
  Even with the pop top lift struts is it still not necessary to fix the worn metal? Or is there no tension on the...
• Re: A few more pictures from this weekend
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:49:18 -0400
  ...of struts should enable me to pop the top of my van >>with a >>47-lb kayak! I've got to put struts on...
• Re: Thermostat/Too cool
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Nov 94 17:39:25 PST
  ...Good luck >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> For a similar situation, my friend is replacing his GM/Pontiac's >> MacPherson struts. The rubber bearings cost more than the struts...
• Re: Shock/strut replacement
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 19:18:01 -0800
  ...Go for it! ---frank furter <wasserbox@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > > Hey all > > Just wondering if any special tools are needed for shock & strut > replacement on...
• Re: Pop-Top Counterbalance
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Tue, 2 May 2000 12:25:21 -0600
  Stu and Listers, The gas strut idea sounds good.... Has anybody else on the list tried this? Jon On Mon, 1 May 2000, Stuart...
• Re: Rear Hatch Material
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 20 May 2005 08:45:14 -0500
  ...The >whole time the struts have been shot and I've been >usiing the ViseGrip method of propping the hatch open. > Considering what I...
• Re: EV Poptop Struts? Retro?
  Historical mailing list - Thing Guy
  Thu, 18 Dec 1997 14:22:12 EST
  My Reimo catalog has the popup assemblies. I don't know if they are the same or any better than what you now have...
• KYB SHHOCK QUESTION
  Historical mailing list - Mike Devlin
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 14:30:43 EDT
  ...I just put a pair of KYB gas struts and shocks on my 1991 Vanagon Carat. The ride is great but they sound loose...
• one hatch of a story
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:54:33 -0700
  simple put http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=gw&Category_Code=vp-i-p-struts __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The...
• Re: Ball joints, upper / lower photo procedure
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:17:02 -0800
  Do those front strut rod bushings appear on this page: http://gowesty.com/ec_view_category.php?id=90&parent_id= ? -- Mike "Rocket J...
• Re: Hatchback struts
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 10 Apr 2017 09:36:46 -0600
  On 10 Apr , 2017, at 8:28 AM, Alistair Bell wrote: > Wrapped a turn or two of electrical tape around the tubing to reduce...
• Re: Hatch Struts
  Historical mailing list - Adam
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:11:31 -0600
  Jose R. Moscoso wrote: > My only comments to that is that you are going to develop muscles in your > arms just by lowering the...
• Fwd: So What Cool VW Stuff did Santa Bring you ??
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:43:52 -0500
  ...I suspected this would be the case so I treated myself to some new hatch struts - not so exciting. -- mordo 1990 Carat
• Re: Rear hatch droops, mirrors won't stay in place
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 15:40:28 -0800
  ...Take off 1 end of either strut and slide on the pipe. It works beautifully. When the hatch is raised the pipe slide on...
• Poptop -bubble top add-on proposal
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:21:43 -0800
  ...b.Providing dual gas strut replacements for the Westy bar support mechanism with new mounting plates that have a series of holes available so...
• Re: just how COLD is IT??? was Re: New to Me vehicles
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:49:13 -0500
  2 degrees F here in VA first thing this morning! =8^O I just replaced my hatch struts with the OEM version that Bus...
• Re: Saggy poptop was RE: Out of storage!)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 8 May 2013 05:32:19 -0400
  Jeff and others in Canada, I keep the gas strut pop-top assist lift kits made by Mark here in stock. From my <www...
• Pop Top Spring & Cable
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:51:58 -0700
  ...correct in assuming I'd need to strap the struts together to safely remove strut assembly IF pop top mostly closed? (not enough lumber...
• Re: EV Poptop Struts Help
  Historical mailing list - Gary Clendening
  Tue, 16 Dec 1997 09:38:07 -0500
  ...Probably we should establish whether the struts start, or become, soft from the rest of the group. Gary and Belle from Hallowell, ME garyc...
• Re: Coil springs for Macphearson struts
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:35:30 -0700
  ...anyone know of a vendor for the coil part of Macphearson strut front > suspension? I'd gladly order the whole assembly; I find lots...
• ??? I meant problematic rear "hatch"...thanks for the answers
  Historical mailing list - John C. Villines
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 22:00:43 -0500
  yup, I meant to be describing that rear door or hatch, the thing that hurts when the worn struts allow it to drop on...
• Lift assist and bad springs
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:21:41 -0700
  ...I'm wondering if it's NECESSARY to get the bad spring repaired, or should I try swapping out the light duty struts for...
• Exhaust struts
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 May 1999 12:25:13 -0400
  Volks -- Bentley shows three struts on the left-hand side exhaust for the DigiJet. I have two: from bracket on collector pipe to #4...
• Re: Bike Rack Rec
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:52:43 -0700
  ...I got a piece of PVC and slid it onto the right hatch strut so that whenever I had bike/bikes on the hatch...
• Re: Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:13:31 -0400
  On 8/30/2012 7:31 PM, Mike B wrote: > You gotta love the Google translation of their website! > Klammer f�r Fensterf�hrung...
• Re: Coil springs for Macphearson struts
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 22:40:20 -0700
  ...anyone know of a vendor for the coil part of Macphearson strut front > > suspension? I'd gladly order the whole assembly; I find lots...
• Re: fiberglass repair on poptop
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 22:43:06 -0400
  ...I >>>> ordered >>>> one of the poptop strut kits, followed the instructions, and it >>>> turned out >>>> the struts that came with it were shorter than...
• Re: Replacing Ball Joints...anything else while in there?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 25 May 2005 16:26:49 -0500
  ...2 each upper ball joint #22( 251 407 361) 2 each lower ball joint #20 ( 251 407 187) 2 each strut rod bushings damping...
• Re: Back Door Bonk
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 09:24:22 -0800
  ...He had the pin tied to the strut so that it was easily available. The hole was about 1/8". -Mark McCulley
• Old Man Emu shocks [Syncro]
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:13:44 -0700
  ...Re: '89 VW Vanagon Syncro Westfalia > > the struts and shock that are engineered for your syncro are old man emu > nitrochargers, not the long...
• Re: Hatch strut problem
  Historical mailing list - Rob MacLeod
  Mon, 18 May 1998 10:18:14 -0600
  Folks, Thanks for all the great suggestions on the tailgate struts. I ended up taking some 3/4" PVC pipe, that same stuff I...
• Re: rear hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 06:52:50 -0700
  ...two fully charged struts are too strong making it hard to close the hatch while inside, I wish they were adjustable! You know what...
• Re: VLVC: Super Beetle TCO....
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:10:54 -0400
  All Super Beetles had front struts. Even the 71 and 72's. On Sep 11, 2006, at 4:40 PM, Thomas Myers wrote: > I...
• Re: ROOF RACK IDEAS-go Yakima
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:36:37 -0700
  ...What a lousy design. > > > > BUT, the Eurovan pop top has struts. I'll bet you can buy > > Eurovan struts (or > > generic struts and put...
• Re: Rear hatch struts - heavy duty
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:26:28 -0800
  ...small diameter piece of PVC pipe can be slipped over the strut. When the door is lifted, the PVC slips into place to support...
• Re: rear hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:21:38 -1000
  > You haven't experienced pain until you have walked into the edge of the > hatch that you didn't notice had dropped down six...
• Re: Rear hatch struts -- disposal
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:56:51 EDT
  In a message dated 4/28/04 5:55:02 PM, gull@GULL.US writes: << Anyway, I'm wondering how to dispose of the...
• Re: Nominations are now open: Top 10 Ugliest Parts to Fail
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:28:06 -0700
  Here's one that gets pretty ugly - when the front suspension strut rod rubber bushings are badly worn out for a long time, and...
• Re: Some kind of shelf?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 31 May 2007 16:51:47 -0700
  ...I can't quite picture what I'd need to >>> mount that new crossmember to the struts. Some fitting that clamps to >>> struts, I...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:28:07 -0500
  ...So I'm looking at struts. > > Kim, why did you install them inside instead of outside? Is that cosmetic > or functional? And I can...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 3 Feb 2007 12:58:26 -0800
  ...You will buy two sets of struts, one for > > just the > > top and one for the top plus whatever you have currently mounted up...
• Re: Spring Compressor
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:55:50 -0600
  I believe I answered my question http://www.amazon.com/Macpherson-Strut-Spring-Compressor-TOYOTA/dp/B007FGXYGE *Miguel* *The free soul is rare, but...
• Re: Pop-Top Lift Assist
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 6 Apr 2010 22:30:21 -0400
  ...was out of the room. > > GoWesty offers a Pop Top gas strut set-up to help us old guys get it up: > > http://gowesty...
• Re: rear hatch gas shock ?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:22:08 -0400
  ...but my PO mechanic gave! me a pair of rear hatch struts that he removed from a junked Volvo stationwagon, they work fine - price...