when i replaced mine, my local vw expert pointed out to me that there are
two different struts that should be installed for the rear hatch; the strut
nearer the wiper should be different (stronger) than the one opposite it.
it's supposedly described this way in whatever manual he was using to look
up the part numbers for the struts.

my 2 cents

t

Tony DeMille
Creative Director/VW lover
Candesa Interactive
251 River Park Dr.
Provo, Utah 84604

> ----------
> From:         Michael Schiesser
> Reply To:     Michael Schiesser
> Sent:         Thursday, August 10, 2000 9:11 AM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      rear hatch struts
>
> For those who feel the hatch struts are too strong,
> did you consider
> (re)replacing one of your two new ones with one of the
> old ones, thus the
> average
> force would still be (possibly) enough to keep it up
> but not so much as
> you
> have to hang on it to get it down? I thought of this
> after I spent $$
> on two
> and realized probably one new one might do the job.
>
> Michael Schiesser
> 89 Westfalia
>
>
>
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