Rear Hatch (struts) Pressure bars a common problem?

[ClassicalBor]

### both my eclipses had trouble holding up the rear hatch i wonder if theres any way to take them off an fix them without junkyarding or buying new ones?

 

[romeen]

This is fairly common, especially when the weather is cold. I am not aware of any method to fix them. If it really bothers you that much then I believe you are stuck with replacing them. However when the weather warms up and the gas pressure inside the struts increases it may fix itself....until next winter that is.

 

[Quasimondo]

Better to replace them. They shouldn't cost more than $30 a set.

 

[MrBoxx]

Better to replace them. They shouldn't cost more than $30 a set.

Exactly. However, the cheapest I could find them was $30 each at NAPA. But the wonderful feeling I experienced when I pulled the hatch up a few inches and it rose all by itself and stayed up was worth it. I must have opened and closed the hatch at least ten times the night I replaced my hatch struts.

 

[xioca]

It's cheap and easy. Your only other rout is to invest in a 4ft piece of wood, 2x4's work wonders. hell my car even came with one for this exact purpose.

 

[staticbrainwash]

Haha, I'm even lazier than wood. I just hold it open with my head while im in there.

 

[snowborder714]

I'm with MrBoxx all the way! I bought my car with the original supports on it and that was the first thing I replaced. I was getting sick of having to hold the hatch open with my head. But after they were on, I lifed it just a few inches and watched it go the rest of the way up...all by itself! Very easy fix too. It's 2 screws and a bolt (or something like that) and that's it. Definitly a worth while fix.

 

[wcpierson]

i used an old ice scraper....until i replaced them and loved not having to deal with that anymore....you have to expect stupid things like that on older cars...just replace them youll be glad you did it but make sure you have a torx set because they are not held on by a normal bolt

 

[boostin92awd]

vice grips work well too but I have done the head and 2x4 method too.

 

[VTRICCO]

i use the yard stick method

 

[plymubishi]

i used a piece of pcv pipe i cut to the length of the strut base and removed one side of one strut,slid it over and re-mounted the strut. when you open the hatch just slide the pipe over the smaller diameter side and wedge it between the base and the hatch. worked for me until i realized it took less thought and effort to do it right and just buy new ones.

 

[xioca]

i used a piece of pcv pipe i cut to the length of the strut base and removed one side of one strut,slid it over and re-mounted the strut. when you open the hatch just slide the pipe over the smaller diameter side and wedge it between the base and the hatch. worked for me until i realized it took less thought and effort to do it right and just buy new ones.

Thats a good idea right there... you should try and get a patent on it and sell if for 10 bucks.

 

[96gstdsm]

I just bought these oem ones. They are great and did the job just as they should.

Heres the link to the ebay auction for them. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mits...008QQitemZ180087889155QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

 

[Splitpi]

2G part numbers are:

MR100467 (Left), MR100468 (Right) - JNZtuning for example has them for ~$23 each

 

[plymubishi]

kept me from having to store more stuff in the car, originally did it for the back window in my truck(has a cap-i think the bottom edge of the window is imprinted into my head) i had an excuse to be lazy and do it that time though-couldnt find the right ones for a while.