NEVER use the tubes to hold up a hatch that will
not stay up on it's own!

A fellow Vanagon owner nearly killed me last year
when the tube slipped and the hatch with a bike
rack on it came down full force on my head,
knocked me to the ground, knocked my glasses off,
and drew blood. I have never been hit so hard. I
had a headache for a week.

Think twice before you think you will save a few
bucks - hatch struts are not expensive.

To this day the (shall I say idiot?) Vanagon
owner still has'nt replaced them, and I will not
allow him to visit me until he does.

Sounds harsh? Not nearly as harsh as having 100
lbs crash down on your head!

So if you want to kill somebody, go right ahead,
do the fool plastic tube mod.

Besides, you head isn't as hard as mine.

Robert

1982 Westfalia

Rear hatch with no gas in struts fell from full
up position and I lived to tell about it, due to
Vanagon owner using plastic tubes to hold up
hatch

--- AAG - Larry Word <word_aag@COMCAST.NET>
wrote:

> I cannot locate the Vanagon.com article about
> using PVC tube to slide into place to hold up
> my hatchback>
>
> Ideas...better idea.....that article
>
> Larry
> Georgia
>

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