Rear tailgate gas struts - Group buy

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Re: Rear tailgate gas struts - Group buy

Post by Stu » Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:09 am

Good service.

I'd have thought that a pressure gauge would tell you if they had the same pressure on them?


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Re: Rear tailgate gas struts - Group buy

Post by PillowSmuggler » Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:21 am

it would, but you'd need something rated at hundreds of bar that guaranteed not to leak at the seal; otherwise just looking at the pressure could risk draining it. There are special bleed tools available for the job that have the bleeder and pressure gauge all in one. It's not something I'd take a punt on for a cheap unit from eBlag or China :lol: :lol:


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Re: Rear tailgate gas struts - Group buy

Post by anglefire » Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:12 pm

Well, replacements have arrived - but are standard 480Nm ones :headbang:


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Re: Rear tailgate gas struts - Group buy

Post by CDS » Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:44 am

:headbang: :headbang: When things go wrong for a customer they tend to keep going wrong :lol: :lol:


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Re: Rear tailgate gas struts - Group buy

Post by Kingmav66 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:16 pm

I think you'll agree Clive, that it's usually the most difficult awkward customers that this happens to....... :whistle: ;)



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Re: Rear tailgate gas struts - Group buy

Post by CDS » Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:53 pm

and usually the ones that spend feck all......


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Re: Rear tailgate gas struts - Group buy

Post by anglefire » Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:02 pm

I would have been happy with a replacement end - it was SGS that wanted to replace the complete units as they shouldn't break they said - which to be fair is true :lol:


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