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May 14th, 2009, 17:03 | #1 |
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gas strut for bootlid...
hiya, just wondering if anybody has a spare s60 boot lid strut as i managed to break one of the plastic loops on mine
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May 14th, 2009, 18:45 | #2 |
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what breaks these is the plastic stop buttons breaking and falling out , and overloading the ball joints there are 4 , 2 on each hinge .
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May 17th, 2009, 12:18 | #3 |
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hiya clan, thanks for the reply.
it's actually the strut it's self thats broken, one of the two loops because i pulled the boot up in a hurry when i got angry and had forgotten to get stuff out of the boot to change my drop links and then i found i'd forgotten to put some tools in the boot i'd needed to do it- how annoying! lol anyway if anybody has one knocking about then it'll save me going to volvo to find some obscene price! |
May 17th, 2009, 12:49 | #4 |
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Yes the struts break beacuse the stops are missing and the boot travel increases letting the strut ball joints take the full force of the boot lid . Bet your stops are missing :-)
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May 18th, 2009, 16:13 | #5 |
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what do they look like clan?
i dont think they are missing as the boot made it half way up of gorilla pulling the boot lid up when it broke thanks alex |
May 20th, 2009, 20:06 | #6 |
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They are black discs about 10mm diameter and protrude about 3 mm , when the boot is fully open the hinge rests on themand hence limits the travel .
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May 20th, 2009, 20:48 | #7 |
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They sell the full gas strut at Nordic Parts for your car. Look on the body section:
http://nordicpartsdirect.co.uk/volvo/ Price of ~£27 + vat is not as major a robbery as I might have expected. |
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Sep 25th, 2012, 22:08 | #8 |
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Hi Clan, are the discs made from plastic? I purchased some before and the hinge ended up breaking them as soon as I opened the boot! Do you have a photo of the discs you could post?
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I would think the damping in your gas springs has gone if the boot shoots up and breaks the stop buttons ..
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