Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Hatch strut problem
From:Joseph Tu
Date:Tue, 19 May 1998 01:46:26 -0700

I can vouch for these struts, have gotten a pair. They really work and
are really stronger. After installing them, it was nearly two times as
hard to shut the hatch. They are reallllly pressurized.

Joe

On Mon, 18 May 1998, The Bus Depot wrote:

> I have stronger-than-original German ones for $19.95 each.
>
> - Ron Salmon
>  The Bus Depot
>  http://www.busdepot.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > My new '87 Westfalia has sagging hatch syndrome and I wonder if the rear
> > structs have to be replaced or if there is any way to fix them.
> > I checked the archives and found some dated info on replacing them and so
> > also would like to know about decent mail order sources of this part.
>