L400 rear hatch weight

blevesque@shaw.ca · Post by **blevesque@shaw.ca** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:00 pm

Anyone know the weight of the rear hatch? I'm in Calgary and trying to get some replacement struts made locally. They need to know the length of the originals struts and the weight of the hatch.

tonydca · Post by **tonydca** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:09 pm

If you contact this guy in BC:

www.strutwise.com

consider taking off your old ones and overnight 'em for a rebuild.

This guy really knows his stuff; his opinion that OEM Mitsu ones are very well built, and that the few worn bits that he replaces makes 'em better than new.

Fairly reasonable, and he claims to guarantee them forever. "The rest of your vehicle will wear out before they do." Two years ago and they still work great.

CREGAN · Post by **CREGAN** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:23 pm

Hey Tony- do these rebuilt struts hold the door up again? I have a chrome Jaos ladder so can they be recharged to take that into account. I am so tired of hitting my head on the door!

Craig

jessef · Post by **jessef** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:20 pm

Tell him what you have additional on the rear hatch and he will re-charge the struts to suit a heavier load. Super nice guy.

tonydca · Post by **tonydca** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:10 pm

CREGAN wrote:Hey Tony- do these rebuilt struts hold the door up again? I have a chrome Jaos ladder so can they be recharged to take that into account. I am so tired of hitting my head on the door!

Craig

Forgot to mention; I have a pretty heavy Terzo ladder on mine and no problems:

http://www.delica.ca/forum/looking-for- ... tml#p71781

They are skookum shocks once this guy is done with 'em.

Post by **thelazygreenfox** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:51 pm

blevsq
I added a piece of 1/2 " cutting board under my top hinge to raise my L400 hatch a little more. Trace out your top hinge and cut out with a jig saw or(?). Lengthen the bolts by a 1/2 inch too.

Any thicker a shim and the tail gate won't close.

You still need a re&re on the hinges if the tail gate won't stay up . Don't forget to brace the tailgate up when you remove the hinges.
Wayne
TLGF

RichD · Post by **RichD** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:49 pm

Also don't prop up your hatch with a stick leaning against the plastic molding of the rear tail light. Even the slightest touch of the hatch will break it and then you might be inclined to blame another party for falling into the trap you set.

tonydca · Post by **tonydca** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:19 pm

RichD wrote:Also don't prop up your hatch with a stick leaning against the plastic molding of the rear tail light. Even the slightest touch of the hatch will break it and then you might be inclined to blame another party for falling into the trap you set.

Or a tent peg

Diver · Post by **Diver** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:10 pm

First post over here so Hi Canada!
Just in case you still need the info, I ordered some struts for mine the other day. Mine's a high-roof with a Terzo and standing on some scales holding the tailgate above my head with the struts disconnected, I found I'd put on 22kgs

. The strut length extended is 770mm and retracted 620mm. I ordered 20mm longer to get a bit more height (the tailgate will go up quite a bit before it fouls the bodywork).

Post by **thelazygreenfox** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:08 pm

Diver
How much did you pay for the struts and where did you order them from?

Let us know how the extra height you have at the end of the tailgate.

thanks
TLGF

Diver · Post by **Diver** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:17 pm

I paid £64 GBP for the pair and ordered them from here using the 'strut builder tool':

http://www.sgs-engineering.com/

Went for the adjustable force type which come with a huge amount of pressure which you slowly bleed out until they are the force you require. I'm going for 'unexpected uppercut to the chin'

I'll let you know how they work out.

Diver · Post by **Diver** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:47 pm

Fitted the struts today and the extra 20mm of strut length equates to an extra 20cm of tailgate opening height.

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The extra pressure means it lifts the tailagate and ladder easily all by itself.

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ccautos · Post by **ccautos** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:11 pm

You could flip pancakes off the back of that !!!

P.Gaudreault · Post by **P.Gaudreault** » Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:30 am

Does someone order these strut from http://www.sgs-engineering.com/ here in Canada?

bitnaut · Post by **bitnaut** » Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:30 pm

I recommend you get your struts refurbished at http://strutwise.tech in Surrey BC. Frank makes them good as new.

Just a satisfied customer.

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