Lift struts frozen?
12-18-2005, 12:04 PM
#31
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Re: Lift struts frozen?
If they are fully extended already, you will have to work pretty hard to
compress them. If they are not extended yet, they are tied closed
(compressed) and you're not going to compress them any more, nor will you be
able to pull them open.
"Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
message news:QN-dncbygpCrfTneRVn-sw@bresnan.com...
> Hey ... this is probably a stupid question, but here goes.
>
> I just bought new lift struts for my XJ, and they seem to have completely
> freezed up. I took them out of the package, and can't move them at all.
> Can't compress them, can't extend them.
>
> They are Strong Arm brand gas-filled struts, and they've both been frozen
> since they arrived. No luck at all.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
>
>
compress them. If they are not extended yet, they are tied closed
(compressed) and you're not going to compress them any more, nor will you be
able to pull them open.
"Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
message news:QN-dncbygpCrfTneRVn-sw@bresnan.com...
> Hey ... this is probably a stupid question, but here goes.
>
> I just bought new lift struts for my XJ, and they seem to have completely
> freezed up. I took them out of the package, and can't move them at all.
> Can't compress them, can't extend them.
>
> They are Strong Arm brand gas-filled struts, and they've both been frozen
> since they arrived. No luck at all.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
>
>
12-18-2005, 02:57 PM
#35
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Re: Lift struts frozen?
Rear hatch/window struts. Helps keep from getting bonked on the head
Matt Macchiarolo proclaimed:
> Maybe I'm having a senior moment, do you mean "longer shock absorbers" when
> you say "lift struts'?
>
> "Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
> message news:QN-dncbygpCrfTneRVn-sw@bresnan.com...
>
>>Hey ... this is probably a stupid question, but here goes.
>>
>>I just bought new lift struts for my XJ, and they seem to have completely
>>freezed up. I took them out of the package, and can't move them at all.
>>Can't compress them, can't extend them.
>>
>>They are Strong Arm brand gas-filled struts, and they've both been frozen
>>since they arrived. No luck at all.
>>
>>Am I missing something?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
Matt Macchiarolo proclaimed:
> Maybe I'm having a senior moment, do you mean "longer shock absorbers" when
> you say "lift struts'?
>
> "Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
> message news:QN-dncbygpCrfTneRVn-sw@bresnan.com...
>
>>Hey ... this is probably a stupid question, but here goes.
>>
>>I just bought new lift struts for my XJ, and they seem to have completely
>>freezed up. I took them out of the package, and can't move them at all.
>>Can't compress them, can't extend them.
>>
>>They are Strong Arm brand gas-filled struts, and they've both been frozen
>>since they arrived. No luck at all.
>>
>>Am I missing something?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
12-18-2005, 02:57 PM
#36
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Posts: n/a
Re: Lift struts frozen?
Rear hatch/window struts. Helps keep from getting bonked on the head
Matt Macchiarolo proclaimed:
> Maybe I'm having a senior moment, do you mean "longer shock absorbers" when
> you say "lift struts'?
>
> "Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
> message news:QN-dncbygpCrfTneRVn-sw@bresnan.com...
>
>>Hey ... this is probably a stupid question, but here goes.
>>
>>I just bought new lift struts for my XJ, and they seem to have completely
>>freezed up. I took them out of the package, and can't move them at all.
>>Can't compress them, can't extend them.
>>
>>They are Strong Arm brand gas-filled struts, and they've both been frozen
>>since they arrived. No luck at all.
>>
>>Am I missing something?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
Matt Macchiarolo proclaimed:
> Maybe I'm having a senior moment, do you mean "longer shock absorbers" when
> you say "lift struts'?
>
> "Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
> message news:QN-dncbygpCrfTneRVn-sw@bresnan.com...
>
>>Hey ... this is probably a stupid question, but here goes.
>>
>>I just bought new lift struts for my XJ, and they seem to have completely
>>freezed up. I took them out of the package, and can't move them at all.
>>Can't compress them, can't extend them.
>>
>>They are Strong Arm brand gas-filled struts, and they've both been frozen
>>since they arrived. No luck at all.
>>
>>Am I missing something?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
12-18-2005, 02:57 PM
#37
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Posts: n/a
Re: Lift struts frozen?
Rear hatch/window struts. Helps keep from getting bonked on the head
Matt Macchiarolo proclaimed:
> Maybe I'm having a senior moment, do you mean "longer shock absorbers" when
> you say "lift struts'?
>
> "Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
> message news:QN-dncbygpCrfTneRVn-sw@bresnan.com...
>
>>Hey ... this is probably a stupid question, but here goes.
>>
>>I just bought new lift struts for my XJ, and they seem to have completely
>>freezed up. I took them out of the package, and can't move them at all.
>>Can't compress them, can't extend them.
>>
>>They are Strong Arm brand gas-filled struts, and they've both been frozen
>>since they arrived. No luck at all.
>>
>>Am I missing something?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
Matt Macchiarolo proclaimed:
> Maybe I'm having a senior moment, do you mean "longer shock absorbers" when
> you say "lift struts'?
>
> "Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
> message news:QN-dncbygpCrfTneRVn-sw@bresnan.com...
>
>>Hey ... this is probably a stupid question, but here goes.
>>
>>I just bought new lift struts for my XJ, and they seem to have completely
>>freezed up. I took them out of the package, and can't move them at all.
>>Can't compress them, can't extend them.
>>
>>They are Strong Arm brand gas-filled struts, and they've both been frozen
>>since they arrived. No luck at all.
>>
>>Am I missing something?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
12-18-2005, 08:27 PM
#38
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Re: Problem solved ...
Hey ... the phone book was 3 inches thick ... no bum cracks plz. LOL.
By the time I realized how that description would sound, it was already
posted.
Time to change my login name ... LOL
"Dave" <Closed@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Iicpf.200189$tD4.157956@tornado.ohiordc.rr.co m...
> KJ.Kate wrote:
> > "Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
> > message news:3rWdnSq9AN8ZbzneRVn-rw@bresnan.com...
> > : Problem solved ...
> > :
> > : I just put a phone book on one end of it and sat on it, giving about
190
> > lbs
> > : of pressure. It finally budged a little. It's just really tight when
new.
> > : After the first compression, it seemed a little easier.
> > :
> >
> >
> > *over the glasses look*
> >
> > Ok, now THAT is an interesting mental picture!
> >
> > KJK
> >
> >
>
> I'm an ER Nurse.. I can just see it now... and how did you get THAT
> stuck in THERE?? ~D
By the time I realized how that description would sound, it was already
posted.
Time to change my login name ... LOL
"Dave" <Closed@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Iicpf.200189$tD4.157956@tornado.ohiordc.rr.co m...
> KJ.Kate wrote:
> > "Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
> > message news:3rWdnSq9AN8ZbzneRVn-rw@bresnan.com...
> > : Problem solved ...
> > :
> > : I just put a phone book on one end of it and sat on it, giving about
190
> > lbs
> > : of pressure. It finally budged a little. It's just really tight when
new.
> > : After the first compression, it seemed a little easier.
> > :
> >
> >
> > *over the glasses look*
> >
> > Ok, now THAT is an interesting mental picture!
> >
> > KJK
> >
> >
>
> I'm an ER Nurse.. I can just see it now... and how did you get THAT
> stuck in THERE?? ~D
12-18-2005, 08:27 PM
#39
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Re: Problem solved ...
Hey ... the phone book was 3 inches thick ... no bum cracks plz. LOL.
By the time I realized how that description would sound, it was already
posted.
Time to change my login name ... LOL
"Dave" <Closed@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Iicpf.200189$tD4.157956@tornado.ohiordc.rr.co m...
> KJ.Kate wrote:
> > "Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
> > message news:3rWdnSq9AN8ZbzneRVn-rw@bresnan.com...
> > : Problem solved ...
> > :
> > : I just put a phone book on one end of it and sat on it, giving about
190
> > lbs
> > : of pressure. It finally budged a little. It's just really tight when
new.
> > : After the first compression, it seemed a little easier.
> > :
> >
> >
> > *over the glasses look*
> >
> > Ok, now THAT is an interesting mental picture!
> >
> > KJK
> >
> >
>
> I'm an ER Nurse.. I can just see it now... and how did you get THAT
> stuck in THERE?? ~D
By the time I realized how that description would sound, it was already
posted.
Time to change my login name ... LOL
"Dave" <Closed@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Iicpf.200189$tD4.157956@tornado.ohiordc.rr.co m...
> KJ.Kate wrote:
> > "Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
> > message news:3rWdnSq9AN8ZbzneRVn-rw@bresnan.com...
> > : Problem solved ...
> > :
> > : I just put a phone book on one end of it and sat on it, giving about
190
> > lbs
> > : of pressure. It finally budged a little. It's just really tight when
new.
> > : After the first compression, it seemed a little easier.
> > :
> >
> >
> > *over the glasses look*
> >
> > Ok, now THAT is an interesting mental picture!
> >
> > KJK
> >
> >
>
> I'm an ER Nurse.. I can just see it now... and how did you get THAT
> stuck in THERE?? ~D
12-18-2005, 08:27 PM
#40
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Re: Problem solved ...
Hey ... the phone book was 3 inches thick ... no bum cracks plz. LOL.
By the time I realized how that description would sound, it was already
posted.
Time to change my login name ... LOL
"Dave" <Closed@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Iicpf.200189$tD4.157956@tornado.ohiordc.rr.co m...
> KJ.Kate wrote:
> > "Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
> > message news:3rWdnSq9AN8ZbzneRVn-rw@bresnan.com...
> > : Problem solved ...
> > :
> > : I just put a phone book on one end of it and sat on it, giving about
190
> > lbs
> > : of pressure. It finally budged a little. It's just really tight when
new.
> > : After the first compression, it seemed a little easier.
> > :
> >
> >
> > *over the glasses look*
> >
> > Ok, now THAT is an interesting mental picture!
> >
> > KJK
> >
> >
>
> I'm an ER Nurse.. I can just see it now... and how did you get THAT
> stuck in THERE?? ~D
By the time I realized how that description would sound, it was already
posted.
Time to change my login name ... LOL
"Dave" <Closed@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Iicpf.200189$tD4.157956@tornado.ohiordc.rr.co m...
> KJ.Kate wrote:
> > "Robert" <Anonymous@NOSPAMPLEASE.montanasoft.com.SPaMFilTER > wrote in
> > message news:3rWdnSq9AN8ZbzneRVn-rw@bresnan.com...
> > : Problem solved ...
> > :
> > : I just put a phone book on one end of it and sat on it, giving about
190
> > lbs
> > : of pressure. It finally budged a little. It's just really tight when
new.
> > : After the first compression, it seemed a little easier.
> > :
> >
> >
> > *over the glasses look*
> >
> > Ok, now THAT is an interesting mental picture!
> >
> > KJK
> >
> >
>
> I'm an ER Nurse.. I can just see it now... and how did you get THAT
> stuck in THERE?? ~D