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Coo
Member Since: 01 Jun 2015
Location: Fife, Scotland
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| Upper Tailgate Gas Strut Problem |
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Help!
Upper Tailgate Gas Strut Fixing.
Gas strut attaches to ball ended bolt....which then bolts into the bodywork.
Mine has come out and enlarged the threaded hole so does not grip at all.
Simple solution is to put a nyloc nut on from inside bodywork and bolt it back together.
How on earth do I get access to the back of it?
I've tried partially dropping headliner, pulling off trim at the corner but still having trouble!
Any help greatly appreciated!
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 28th Apr 2016 10:11 pm |
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MikeO
Member Since: 15 Jan 2014
Location: The Cotswolds
Posts: 1372
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Have a look here http://disco3.co.uk/forum/topic3721.html - there are some suggestions to tackle the issue if it's got to that stage. 2016 Skoda Octavia VRS Estate
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| 28th Apr 2016 10:33 pm |
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Coo
Member Since: 01 Jun 2015
Location: Fife, Scotland
Posts: 284
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Omg!
Thats just reading the first post!
Cheers Mike
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| 28th Apr 2016 11:04 pm |
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Biffysun
Member Since: 09 Jul 2011
Location: Central
Posts: 1787
 
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Remove the rear light cluster (off side at a guess  ) look up and there is a hole, I attached a long piece of welding wire to a suitable nut (8mm IIRC) tacked to a repair washer and after enlarging the hole slightly, (to allow the nut and large washer - slotted hole) threaded it up the inside of the rear pillar, its surprisingly easy to locate it and using thread lock on the bolt (and another repair washer on the outside)tighten it up, I just left the wire inside. Apart from the initial preparation actually fitting the new nut took 20mins and I'd been putting it off for ages - until it snapped! 
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| 28th Apr 2016 11:09 pm |
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Coo
Member Since: 01 Jun 2015
Location: Fife, Scotland
Posts: 284
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Was just going to quote your fix!
Thanks very much, I'm now looking forward to fixing it!
Brilliant!
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| 28th Apr 2016 11:32 pm |
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Coo
Member Since: 01 Jun 2015
Location: Fife, Scotland
Posts: 284
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What a ballache!
No hole behind light cluster, well possibly one that had been seam sealed.., but small.
So drilled and enlarged it, welded a new nut onto a washer and then one wee tack to a length of steel rod.
Got the ball bolt loctited and got it fitted holding rod....
All tight, sorted, just to get that rod out...the small tack was stronger than I thought, so hammered it until it broke off!
No time to address hole as my good wife needs it this weekend!
Thanks again!
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| 29th Apr 2016 9:49 pm |
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