Hi all, I finally relented and got some new struts (from veedubmachine -very good service and price). I was accumulating too much scar tissue on head!. All went well . propped up tailgate , circlips off the lower spade type end , little wire clips out of the upper ball end ,should just pull off . Absolutely no way would they come off , assorted levers ,pliers hammers etc. no help at all. By sheer fluke I turned them to point vertically upwards and they just fell off !!! They would not come off in any other position. This may be common Knowledge to all except me , but I've never seen it mentioned , so I thought I'd post it to save anyone else an hour or so on a 10 minute job.
Regards Mel
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Re: new tailgate struts
dublemel wrote:........... Absolutely no way would they come off , assorted levers ,pliers hammers etc. no help at all. By sheer fluke I turned them to point vertically upwards and they just fell off !!! They would not come off in any other position.
Thanks for the info, I will changing the struts on my van soon.

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