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Old 07-21-2006, 11:08 PM
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The rear hatch rods on my Camaro are now going dead, and therefor keeping my hatch from staying up. Does anyone know of a good way to fix this? Kinda hard to put in the t-tops with your head holding the hatch up.
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Old 07-21-2006, 11:17 PM
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Um, I would think that you would need to replace the struts that hold it up.
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Old 07-21-2006, 11:33 PM
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yep, you just need new struts
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Old 07-22-2006, 12:11 AM
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yep, you just need new struts
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If you're on a budget, keep a Vise-Grip in your trunk and lock that sucker on the strut once you raise the trunk. I would just get new struts, but if you happen to have a VG laying around, go for it.
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Old 07-22-2006, 01:41 AM
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strut your *** to a junk ayrd and get some struts
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they went out on my 95 TA. Just replace the struts and problem solved
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