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| Mountain_man Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Right side of Offas Dyke Posts: 756  
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Hi Alex I did this myself as a project with an off the shelf strut. I did the calculations based on the recommendations of the manufacturer and ordered what I thought would be the ideal strut for a door with a spare wheel mounted. It is just about ideal, but as others have said it is necessary to slow it a little at the end of the stroke or it can give a big jerk to the mountings. Spec of the strut I ordered was L 407.5, stroke 160mm, Force 400N with 8.1mm clevis/clevis ends Part No. 016 25029/400 From this company http://www.suspa.com/uk My Mk1 fitting. There is a slightly larger spreader plat on the other side of the wheel arch.  Click image to enlarge |
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31st Dec 2014 7:01pm |
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| Mountain_man Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Right side of Offas Dyke Posts: 756
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I find that on all my trailers the spare tyre on the door catches the jockey wheel so there is little risk of paint damage unless I am parked at a strange angle
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31st Dec 2014 7:04pm |
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| AlexSmith Member Since: 05 Sep 2013 Location: Arroio do Meio, RS Posts: 47  
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That's awesome! Where is the "Thanks" button?
Anyway, thank you very much! Exactly what I needed! I'll post pictures as soon as I get it done. Alex. 2020: Defender 110 SW 300 Tdi 2004 Alpine White 2013-2017: Defender 110 S 2.4 (Puma) 2008 Stornoway Gray 2002-2005: Defender 90 CSW 300 Tdi Dark Green |
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1st Jan 2015 3:11pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8581 
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There is more to gas struts then force and lengths.
The ones used in the Mk 2 version are a special order gas strut. Currently we can not get any more rear door gas struts until mid February time when the next batch of gas struts comes off the production line. Hopefully we will have enough Mk2 versions to last us through until we can get more. Brendan |
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1st Jan 2015 3:49pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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As I said that was not the case with mine so it's wise to be cautious when opening the door for the first time if you have a trailer in tow, with a bit of luck you'll be ok  Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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1st Jan 2015 6:06pm |
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