--- Go Westy - Support <support@gowesty.com> wrote:
> From: "Go Westy - Support" <support@gowesty.com>
> To: "gary hradek" <hradek@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: one hatch of a story
> Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 16:49:04 -0700
>
> One certainly can put two 332's on without any
> problem. We do have personal
> experience with it and prefer not to. It really is
> no fun using alot of
> muscle to close your hatch. We have had customer
> feedback from folks (women
> in particular-probably wives of list members that
> insist on two 332's) that
> really do find it difficult to close the hatch with
> that set-up. We stand
> behind our statement as the most user friendly
> combination- especially for
> daily driver use. But in the end, really....make a
> decision already and go
> camping! Life is too short to worry about hatch
> struts. :)
>
> .....besides you wouldn't catch me standing under a
> Vanagon rear hatch with
> bikes on top of it and actually believe two 332's
> are going to keep me safe!
> Yikes!
>
> Many thanks, Taylor
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "gary hradek" <hradek@yahoo.com>
> To: <support@gowesty.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 3:06 PM
> Subject: one hatch of a story
>
>
> > GoWesty,
> >        I emailed your url about the hatches to the
> > vanagon list.   Do you agree with ron's response?
> >             thanks gary
> >
> > Date:    Thu, 2 Oct 2003 16:17:54 -0500
> > From:    VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM>
> > Subject: Re: one hatch of a story
> >
> > I wondered why it was much harder to close the
> hatch
> > on the 88 compared
> > to the 84's.
> > Also the lock seems to be different.  I have to
> put
> > the key in the 88
> > to open the hatch.
> > The 84's stay locked or unlocked and open
> accordingly
> > with the key when
> > locked.
> >
> > >>> The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> 10/2/2003
> > 3:29:32 PM >>>
> > > simple put
> > >
> >
>
http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store
> > > _Code=gw&Category_Code=vp-i-p-struts
> >
> >
> >
> > While the historical information is correct, many
> > listmembers would
> > disagree with the statement "DO NOT order two
> 332's...
> > the result will
> > be a hatch so stiff that your entire family (dog
> > included) will have
> > to
> > hang on the hatch to get it down."  Many
> listmembers
> > indeed do put the
> > higher-pressure 332's on both sides. It does
> require
> > noticably more
> > force to close the hatch this way, but not to the
> > point that I've
> > heard
> > of many complaints. On the other hand, the struts
> last
> > longer and the
> > hatch will also support additional weight (such as
> a
> > bike rack) and
> > still stay raised. As for whether you should go
> that
> > route, or get one
> > 331B and one 332, that's up to you, but I wouldn't
> > advise against a
> > pair
> > of 332's as Go Westy did..
> >
> > One thing I will add - it's best to replace hatch
> > struts in pairs. If
> > one strut starts to fail, the other has to work a
> lot
> > harder,
> > eventually
> > causing its premature failure as well. If you do
> one
> > at a time, you're
> > likely to end up replacing them both, alternately,
> > much more
> > frequently
> > than if you replaced them in pairs to begin with.
> >
> > Incidentally, our prices are lower.
> >
> > - Ron Salmon
> >   The Bus Depot, Inc.
> >   www.busdepot.com
> >   (215)  234-VWVW
> >
> >
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