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no-name tailgate struts 900

posted by  someone claiming to be Orian Bliver on  Mon Feb 17 23:59 CST 2003 [RELATED]

The tailgate struts of our 945 failed in the first cold weather this winter, after nine years of Ottawa/Montreal hot summers and cold winters. These were really toast, one lost all its oil.

I ordered and installed no-name replacements (the only label is in Japanese(?)) and they only lasted two weeks. Now to be fair, it hasn't gone above -18C (0F) here in all that time and there is no fluid leaking, so maybe they will recover with warm weather.

Has anybody else had similar experience? Should I be returning these for my money back, or will they be OK when it warms up here? OTOH, -18C is pretty normal here and they really should work at that temperature, but I would like to know if I need to buy brand-name (Suspa or similar) to get anything like the performance or life of the originals. I want to get rid of the hockey stick handle I'm using now.

Really named Brian
'94 945 that does everything except hold its own tailgate up.








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    no-name tailgate struts 900

    posted by  spasske on  Mon Mar 10 06:45 CST 2003
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    Stabulus is the OEM maker for volvo struts. FCPgroton was selling them at a huge discount from everywhere else I looked.
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    Paul '89 740 Turbo 102,000








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    no-name tailgate struts 900

    posted by  javalion on  Wed Feb 19 11:26 CST 2003
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    I have had the FCP Groton struts for only a year and a half. So far so good, summer and winter, well down to 10F. Return the struts you bought.
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    no-name tailgate struts 900

    posted by  the kick inside on  Wed Feb 19 11:05 CST 2003
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    bought a pair of cheepos,

    they work just fine in good weather, in the cold 0 to -5C they slow down noticably but work ok...sort f sloooooow motion tail gate raise, guess its justthe oil getting thick..







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    no-name tailgate struts 900

    posted by  Steve on  Tue Feb 18 01:22 CST 2003
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    When they fail, it is usually in cold weather when they can't support the weight of the tailgate. I would return them. I just bought some no-names and it will be interesting to see how they perform.








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    no-name tailgate struts 900

    posted by  Chris W on  Tue Feb 18 01:21 CST 2003
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    Brian - I just ordered a set from Groton - Swedish made. Now the tailgate LEAPS up. I think they were $18 apiece. I think totally worth the $$. Good luck.







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