See this info & pic from Gary Lee's website (thanks Gary)
<http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/hatchsupport/hatchsupport.htm
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On Jan 21, 2008, at 2:14 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:13:48 -0600
> From:    Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Rear hatch leaking water into my Westy?
>
> Scott,
> I've seen the PVC pipe trick you describe and I want to point out
> other
> features:
>
> You don't have to keep them handy, they are always there,
> surrounding the
> pistons and ready to be popped into place when needed, and they are
> very
> handy when you want to support additional weight that the pistons
> can't
> handle, like a bicycle or two.
>
> Jim