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Subject: Re: [LML] Re:  door strut
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After my little mishap (ground accident) a while back, I noticed that my 
door strut was not able to keep my door open.  This is in a L-IVP.  I 
purchased a new strut from Vern and after I installed it, I noticed that 
the door was not closing quite right.  There was a bulge, that from the 
outside, looked like it was in the location of the strut retaining bracket.

I removed the strut and the door fit correctly??? Hmmmmm?   Examining 
the struts a little closer, I noticed that the lengths were the same but 
the new strut was marked "125"  while the old strut was marked "100".  
Hmmmm!!!!!!

Next step was to install the new strut but with the lower mounting 
reversed.  The thinking  was that this might give me the space to allow 
the door to fit correctly.   WRONG - The upper mounting pad failed when 
I attempted to close the door..  This was the original 1/8 inch phenolic 
piece cemented in place and retained by 3 bid e-glass each side.  It 
appeared that the 3-bid had delaminated from the phenolic, which then 
allowed the phenolic to fail..  BUMMER

I have replaced the upper mounting bracket with a 1/4" piece of carbon 
fiber, cemented in place, and covered with 4 bid carbon fiber each 
side.  While I am waiting for the repair to cure, I am considering 
replacing the new "125" strut with a "100" strut assuming that these #'s 
represent the gas pressure in PSI.  Anyone else have a similar problem????

billhogarty@direcway.com