Mmm, I'm not sure about that Greg.

What with the relative positions of the hinge, the strut attachment point,  Ollie's grasping hand, and the  changing strut angle....

:-)

Alistair

> On Mar 29, 2017, at 1:22 AM, KI4TLF <ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Let's see,  175 lbs divided by 2 struts, Hmmm, a little less than 87.5 lbs
> each.  :-)
> 
> GregM
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Alistair Bell
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 11:51 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Hatchback struts
> 
> Oh, go westy, just tell us the force rating in the struts will ya? doesn't
> even have to be in metric :-) 
> 
> Alistair
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 28, 2017, at 9:40 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>   I put a set of these on My 90Westy back in Dec2015 & still dang near
> have to do a ChinUp on the Hatch to close it ~
>> 
>> I weigh about 175Lbs ~
>> 
>> http://www.gowesty.com/product-details.php?id=23475
>> 
>>                                           ORR ~ DeanB
>> 
>>> On 28 Mar , 2017, at 10:05 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> My friend Simon bought some 1250 N struts from Germany for the similar
> reason. They're great, lifts his spare tire rack and bike rack ( with tire
> and bike) that I made for him.
>>> 
>>> Without anything on the hatch it's hard to close.
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately the German source has dried up, but I mention it so you
> will know that 1250N is strong enough for a good load on hatch.
>>> 
>>> Oh, and before anyone asks, it's been almost three years now with the
> struts and no adverse effect noted on the hatch.
>>> 
>>> I've been looking for similar struts but not found any yet.
>>> 
>>> Alistair