Rear hatch struts that won't launch the glass to outer space
#51
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Re: Rear hatch struts that won't launch the glass to outer space
Yeah, I imagine they all do but I can confirm 100% that the strong arm ones have it. There’s a little bushing where the strut connects to the hatch that you’ll need to swap over to your new strut.
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Be careful with the cheap ones, I got a set a while ago and didn't think anything of it. They had the tabs so they must work, right... Ya no, I hit the button and it blew my 50A ignition prefuse. Turns out they're not properly insulated where it mounts to the body so it's a dead short. I ponied up the $90 for a pair of AC Delco ones with the contacts welded on to the strut like they should be. Haven't installed them yet but they look to be correct.
#55
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Just chiming in here. As with others, replaced my 4900 with 4967. Standard 88 Iroc hatch/spoiler. Used to come up on it's own, and WAY too fast. Now it just sits there on the latch, hovering. Juuuust a little pressure and it'll come up, but MUCH easier to pull down too.
$15 a piece from Rock Auto.
$15 a piece from Rock Auto.
#56
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Re: Rear hatch struts that won't launch the glass to outer space
Be careful with the cheap ones, I got a set a while ago and didn't think anything of it. They had the tabs so they must work, right... Ya no, I hit the button and it blew my 50A ignition prefuse. Turns out they're not properly insulated where it mounts to the body so it's a dead short. I ponied up the $90 for a pair of AC Delco ones with the contacts welded on to the strut like they should be. Haven't installed them yet but they look to be correct.
#58
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I installed the Delco struts today and the work correctly. The closing effort is not bad and it opens slow enough that it doesn't bounce or anything. The defogger grid works properly now too. You can see the welded tab on the bottom and riveted at the top. The maxpow one is what I originally got that are totally made wrong for this application and shorted the defogger feed.
#59
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Re: Rear hatch struts that won't launch the glass to outer space
^^^ good to hear ^^^
I bought a pair of the strong arm 4967 but decided the AC delco looked closer to stock with how the defogger wires attached. Now I have both on the garage shelf but will be installing the Delco ones.
I bought a pair of the strong arm 4967 but decided the AC delco looked closer to stock with how the defogger wires attached. Now I have both on the garage shelf but will be installing the Delco ones.
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