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• Suspension parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 11:58:12 -0500
  I need to Syncro vanagon Strut Bars, part 251-407-067-C. These are the bars for the cast Trailing arms. Threaded both ends...
• Re: Lift Pop Top With No Spring Assist?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 18:33:16 -0700
  ...I was surprised to see how heavy the top is w/o the struts. Would still be pretty heavy with springless struts. Cable goes...
• Re: Oops, was: Re: Exhaust struts
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 May 1999 13:03:38 -0400
  ...I'm missing the strut to the cat and you're missing the one from the L-bracket to the bottom rear of the...
• Re: Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:28:18 -0700
  ...The front struts were completely kaput, having leaked and pumped out all of the shock oil on the very rough road. The car was...
• Re: Rear Hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:30:01 -0600
  ...the air when she opened the hatch. > > > The two heavy duty struts I got are the "Stay where you put 'em" type so > there...
• Pop Top Strut - Cable - Spring PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:27:23 -0700
  http://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/PopTopStrutCableAndSpringEtc# With some explanations. We'll see how it works out! Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco...
• NVC - 98 Jetta front suspension
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:54:18 -0500
  Hi - this is not for me, but someone needs help with upper strut bearings. Anyone have experience with this? If so, please pmail me...
• Friday - More Canadian Tire Mythology
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:50:09 -0700
  ...can you look up a strut for me in the computer? CT twerp: we don't list the struts - you just have to bring...
• Re: (NVC) Fryeday - Rear end of car skips
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:33:09 -0500
  Was a proper four wheel alignment performed when the struts were replaced? Also, were the top strut mounts inspected/replaced? These cars are highly...
• Re: sagging tail gate, no good deed unpunished
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 17 Aug 2013 22:41:35 -0700
  ...On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote: > Or pop one end of one strut off, slide...
• Re: Rear hatch struts -- disposal
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 04:34:00 EDT
  In a message dated 4/28/2004 10:09:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, THX0001@AOL.COM writes: > Don't burn them. > > George George...
• Re: ROOF RACK IDEAS-go Yakima
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:42:57 -0800
  ...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: Dave Beierl is an Absolute Vanagon Jedi
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 2 Jul 2011 09:59:03 -0700
  ...Even while dealing with the blown hose, blown hatch strut, and bloodletting, he has been patiently rebuilding and calibrating a temp gauge for Mellow...
• Re: Stabilizer link
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 22:51:51 -0700
  ...Use flat blade screwdriver > to pry-off upper strut bar bushing. Squeeze some penetrating oil in there to > loosen things up a bit. Use...
• Re: Poptop -bubble top add-on proposal
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 07:45:46 -0700
  ...be carried with commercially available rack > equipment. > > b.Providing dual gas strut replacements for the Westy bar support > mechanism with new mounting plates that...
• Re: front end reassembly: strut bar
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:05:50 -0700
  ...I've dropped the strut bar ( the big bar that bolts under the lower ball joint and runs forward and is bolted through bushings...
• Re: hatch struts: 2 strong ones or 1?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:00:20 -0400
  ...hatch, which starts to happen much too soon after installing weaker struts IMHO. - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215) 234...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 May 2011 01:45:51 -0400
  ...The strut bars, also called radius rods, control caster, i.e. how far the axle trails its suspension points on the inner ends of...
• Re: How long do gas struts last in storage?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:05:22 EDT
  hey guys some flaps sell them with a lifetime warrenty, just have to keep the package they came in or ticket when you buy...
• Re: rear hatch lock extension
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:16:21 +0000
  The LiMBO website seems to be OK now.  Seems like GoDaddy took control for awhile? Link below. " Rear hatch struts available from LiMBO.   The...
• Selling 86 syncro
  Historical mailing list - .
  Sat, 20 Jul 1996 20:26:13
  1986 Vanagon Syncro, 100,000mi., Sahara beige, original owner, new VW installed heads, new muffler, rear door struts, a/c condensor. replaced a/c...
• German Translation
  Historical mailing list - Javier
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:53:50 -0000
  ...Bleeder Valve Strut for the rear door Many thanks, Javier Zavala 84 German Westy 01 Prospector Hovercraft
• Re: EVERYONE READ THIS..hatch strut supports
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:38:53 -0700
  >> >But doesn't that PVC pipe give off poisonous fumes when it catches fire It does, but you can easiliy install a smoke detector...
• noise reduction sound deadening quiet
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:49:42 +0000
  ...you will need heavy duty rear hatch struts as the added weight will cause regular struts to compress. Why spend a million dollars for...
• Re: Rear Hatch Struts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 97 10:00:32 PST
  ...I paid $31.00 for the set. > Are these the OEM manufacturer (Sachs/Boge, but not labeled as such on the strut), or the...
• Re: Pop-Top Lift Assist
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 6 Apr 2010 20:23:22 -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...
• Pop-up roof support/strut needed
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:27:44 -0800
  ...I was able to adjust the centering just fine, but discovered after closer inspection that the driver side strut/support appears to be bent...
• Re: leaking in the rain
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:14:35 -0500
  ...I've had no leaks >>> in >>> > mine since I put the struts in. If you physically examine the seal when >>> it >>> > is closed is...
• Re: vanagon winter maladies
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:53:28 -0700
  ...von Goethe > > New struts $25 (one might work) > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_470_165/hatch_strut___right_or_left_2...
• Re: Tyres and nitrogen
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 06:59:57 -0400
  In the aviation industry, we use dry nitrogen for tires as well as for precharging gas strut units. Two fold reason. In struts, we...
• Re: PVC Hatch Support
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 22 Dec 2012 23:41:24 -0600
  ...However, I > never actually got them installed because I bought two new "strong" > struts that hold the hatch up well, still after six years...
• Re: Some kind of shelf?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:52:19 -0600
  ...I can't quite picture what I'd >>> need to >>> mount that new crossmember to the struts. Some fitting that >>> clamps to >>> struts, I...
• AWD
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:28:07 -0500
  ...Car had a busted strut, the usual number of recently replaced parts and a kick ass Apline stereo. Well, after replacing the strut with...
• Re: Possibly NLA Suspension Parts
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:26:18 -0800
  You can get the strut bars bushing parts here. http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/smartlist_322/radius_arm_bushings.html The 80...
• Re: PVC Hatch Support
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:10:46 -0700
  ...The PVC struts might help with a bike's weight but I have not explored this yet. Mine supports a 28lb mt. bike, Gary...
• Re: Rear hatch struts revisted. Why do they fail?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:06:27 -0800
  To make them last longer, manufacturers of such things > recommend mounting them with the cylinder up when they are in their normal position. > Now...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Sat, 3 Feb 2007 15:18:05 -0600
  ...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: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 25 May 2011 22:16:30 -0700
  ...Was "40.6a" a typo? 40.2a details the strut bar bolts on the earlier, "giant sheet metal" part. 40.7 shows the later...
• Re: Eurovan space
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:44:28 -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
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 13:49:47 -0600
  ...6/2009, Stephen Grisanti wrote: >> >> I got two of the "strong" struts from Bus Depot two years ago and >> they're still going strong...
• Size spec for pop-top bolt?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:41:23 -0700
  Hi all? Can anyone give me the specs for the short carriage bolt that goes through the westfalia pop-top to secure the struts...
• Re: rear hatch falling
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:20:16 -0500
  Racer - Are YOUR triceps starting to attract attention, along with your back muscles, since you got the hatch struts from The Bus Depot? Me...
• Re: leaking in the rain
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:11:47 -0500
  ...I've had no leaks > in > > mine since I put the struts in. If you physically examine the seal when > it > > is closed is...
• Re: Best Hatch Struts??? Caution PVC fix
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 13:45:40 -0400
  ...The next ones I made up were with pressure PVC, which has a thicker sidewall and fit much more snug over the strut. No...
• Re: 250lb struts on rear hatch.
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 22 Jun 2019 13:07:54 -0700
  Alistair, they offer 3 choices... the #1 and #2 are rated at 140 lbs. -> this are the regular/stock (OEM) by Sachs on the...
• Re: Rear Hatch struts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Apr 1996 11:39:09 -0500
  When mine failed, I removed it and went into flaps. Although none were listed for vanagon, I found two the same size, with similar...
• Re: Product recommendation
  Historical mailing list - David Hicks
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:09:04 EDT
  ...These struts from Ron are suer easy to install and they work great. Great price tooo... David 91 Multi
• WTB: Passenger Side Strut Arm (Radius Arm)
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:54:47 -0700
  Hello All: My Passenger Side Strur Arm (I think it is also known as a radius arm) is bent. I'm looking for a...
• Re: rear hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:28:25 -0400
  > I need to buy new rear hatch struts for an 86 Vanagon we are > fixing up. Gowesty says they have the right combo but...
• Re: bus depot hatch springs
  Historical mailing list - Colin Carmichael
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:30:50 -0700
  ...Is there a better quality strut available (btw - the failed hatch struts are the Heavy-Duty German-made variety)? Again, I'm not looking...
• Re: Some kind of shelf?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:07:09 -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: fiberglass repair on poptop
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:59:00 -0500
  ...I >>ordered >>one of the poptop strut kits, followed the instructions, and it turned out >>the struts that came with it were shorter than...
• Urathane bushings?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 6 May 2012 08:06:57 -0600
  ...available for our rigs? I plan on replacing upper,lower and strut rod bushings as well as balljoints! And maybe a vendor to give...
• Re: Best Hatch Struts??? Caution PVC fix
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Soiney
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 12:38:02 -0500
  Hi all, After doing the PVC fix on my syncro, I noticed that the pipe wears on the paint, when the hatch is closed...
• Re: Friday - More Canadian Tire Mythology
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 19:04:55 -0800
  ...can you look up a strut for me in the computer? > CT twerp: we don't list the struts - you just have to bring...
• Re: leaking in the rain
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:39:37 -0500
  ...I think the points about the pressure from the struts being forward rather than up when the top is down are good. That suggests...
• a bunch of things...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 95 10:15:12 EDT
  ...to John Brown and his backwards twisted struts... I replaced the struts on my '86 just a few weeks ago, the old ones were...
• hatch struts: 2 strong ones or 1?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:49:34 -0700
  ...I did that neat trick with the PVC over the struts, which works great for when there are no bikes on. For when the...
• Re: rear hatch falling
  Historical mailing list - Racer X
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:02:38 +0000
  ...Put on the Bus Depot struts about 3 weeks ago and can't believe that I put up with that heavy door falling on...
• Re: Problems with THE BUS DEPOT - Rear Hatch Struts
  Historical mailing list - Reynold Woodall
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:05:00 -0400
  I bought two of these shocks five years ago and when I put both on, I could not close the rear hatch easily, so...