Wow!  Just Wow! on the lift of these things.  Thanks for the links.

Now if we could get Bell Labs and/or Felder Industries to engineer a
remotely opening
hatch and remotely opening sliding door..  Now that would be something....

Steven
91 Westy

On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 12:42 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I finally installed a pair of 250lb struts on my van back hatch. I’ve
> installed similar on a couple of other vans, but never did get around to
> doing mine.
>
> Been using the old tube on the strut kludge. Both struts.
>
> The struts I used are from mc master Carr. Listed here on this Samba
> thread.
>
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=687800&highlight=mcmaster
>
> 9416K28 - 250lbs Extension Force (x2)
>
> And the socket and eyelet ends to match the van.
> 9416K88 (x2)
> 9416k76 (x2)
>
> The price was reasonable, the shipping to Canada was about as much as the
> struts cost. USA shipping would be cheaper.
>
> Ordered one afternoon, arrived next morning.
>
> Anyway, hatch with spare tire carrier now opens as easily as a normal
> unladen hatch with the HD stock struts.
>
>
> Alistair
>