Hatch struts, gone bad

[bad luck]

My son's struts on the rear hatch of his xj were doing nothing at all to keep the hatch up. And he doesn't have the money to replace them. So we took a small cutoff wheel and notched each side of the shaft and used this clip to hold up the hatch. It works well and cost about a $1.00

[slvmart]

$18 a piece doesn't sound that expensive to me. But I know kids don't always have the money, unless being subsidized.

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Personally, I do prefer to have struts that function as intended.

[Brasscatz]

nice ingenuity

[ches30]

I use a cheap pair of Chinese vise grips from the impulse counter at the part store! http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/02/qyzy6adu.jpg about the only thing I've ever found these vise grips are good far.

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[drakan1908]

I use a cheap pair of Chinese vise grips from the impulse counter at the part store! http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/02/qyzy6adu.jpg about the only thing I've ever found these vise grips are good far.

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Wooden handle broke off on our recliner....they workef great for that.

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[cpttuna]

I have found that if I am lucky, I get about 2 years from a set. I usually get mime from Autozone. Is there some place better to get them? On the flip side, I still have the originals on my 97 Grand Caravan and they work fine.

[ches30]

I have found that if I am lucky, I get about 2 years from a set. I usually get mime from Autozone. Is there some place better to get them? On the flip side, I still have the originals on my 97 Grand Caravan and they work fine.


If that's the case I've saved 50 bucks! I have been saying for two years I need to replace them. They would done be bad again.


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[Rocco83]

I got my two new ones shipped from Rock Auto for under $30 to my door I believe. I know Amazon usually runs them around $17 as well.

And like has been posted before, use the old ones for the hood instead of throwing them away!

[07Negative]

Likewise with RockAuto. I've had mine now for a good 4 years. It's constantly getting opened and closed due to the dog and moving random gardening stuff. Or simply providing shade while I drink a beer.