struts to hold up hatch and bike rack

[ermie571]

Hi folks,
know this has been asked before, but can't find it.

put a fiamma on the van...now hatch don't wanna stay up......who sells the heavy duty ones??

ta

Em
xx

[toomanytoys]

Or a couple of lengths of copper pipe (or similar) slipped over...
Bricky used to do them IIRC...

[Ian Hulley]

22mm copper Emm I believe M0c ... erm sorry I mean Matt developed said essential modification.

Ian x

[ermie571]

Yeah, done that before....
not sure why, but wanted the proper struts.

thanks anyway...may have to do that

Em
x

[lloydy]

brickwerks sell them
http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/index.php?p ... t&Itemid=6" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[ronburgundy]

brickwerks sell them
http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/index.php?p ... t&Itemid=6" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Fantastic - just about to investigate where to get these!

[dirtygertie]

Emma I bought some from fleabay (not marketed as super strong) but they'll hold the tailgate up with a bmx on it - the problem I have is shutting it when the bike's not on it!

[lhd]

I bought a pair of non heavy duty ones and they worked fine for about a year or two but now it depends on the weather funny enough.
must be something to do with the heat and viscocity of the oil inside.
Rob.

[ermie571]

thanks all!

[roj62]

I've got an old walking pole that i use as a prop.

Theres a handy little shelf at the top on the back of the westy that I keep my poles in so they are always to hand.

one of these days ill get round to replacing the struts

[jamesc76]

I recently got these ones very strong and now have a door with no glass it flies up but defo strong enough for bikes (i would have thought!)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-T2-T25-PAIR-NE ... 5193172b1e