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Mar 23rd, 2019, 17:28 | #1 |
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Changing rear hatch support on station wagon
My 1985 240 Station wagon rear hatch no longer supports itself in the upright position.
I have purchased two new strut supports for the rear door - but I have not been successful in removing the old ones. In particular how to remove the strut from the lower end which is attached with a ball. I did remove the wire but I do not yet want to apply brute force to remove the ball joint as yet. The strut screws in the lower ball joint but I am unable to unscrew the strut... Can anyone share some experience on this ?
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Mar 24th, 2019, 16:00 | #2 |
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In theory this is a simple process, but you do need either an assistant or a broom-handle to support the tailgate - even on the late cars with an aluminium tailgate the tailgate is heavy. Do the struts one at a time.
Remove the clips from the ends of the strut: The door end is held on by a "speed-nut" type of clip that will prise off with a flat-bladed screwdriver; while a pair of pliers is needed to remove the ball-joint end clip and you may need your flat-bladed screwdriver again. Installation of the new struts is a simple matter of push-fitting them to the mounts and re-fitting the clips.
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Apr 16th, 2019, 18:04 | #3 |
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Hi..sometimes the struts dont come with the ball..so..just unscrew the olds ones and rescrew the new ones..just saying?..hope it worked out for you...regards hj.
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