Hatch Hydraulics

I've had my Renny for a year and used the back quite often. The other week though, I was closing the hatch and the hydraulic rod popped off. I thought I broke it, but I was able to pop it back onto the ball joint.

Is this seriously the only way that the hydraulic rods are connected though? Through a ball joint? Anyone else had an issue with this? I even grabbed the handled underneath to close the back hatch! It's not like I grabbed the edge of the hatch.

 

You would be shocked at how common it is in MANY vehicles. I work for a parts distributer and this is BY FAR the most common method for trunks and hatches, and is also fairly common for hoods these days.

 

^^This^^

Thats how my Xterra hatch is held on...

 

Yep, pretty common mounting standard.

 

Guess I'm just the first to find out it's not fantastic. Chevy definitely had a better mount on their Trailblazer.

Thanks for the feedback!

 

My 4Runners hatch struts actually bolted on but that's not common anymore like others have said.