cj's99xjsport

I have a 99 XJ sport and the rear hatch struts are about to go......one is starting to leek(spelling?). Anyway my question is how do i replace them , I know the bottom are just clips so I the bottoms covered , BUT how do I get the tops off , Their is the metal pin That i think is press fit in their.

mike albo

they should just pop off

duncan0668

The bottom just pops off but the top you remove the two bolts on each side. The correct new ones come with the bracket on them. I have to replace mine, they wont hold the lift gate up when its cold.

mike albo

depends on the year my 87s has a little clip that holds them on

cj's99xjsport

so you say that the new ones should include a new black bracket?. I know that the bottoms just pop off.

3278

On my '92, the "top" and "bottom" are the same. [I put them in quotes, since the top is bottom and bottom is top when you open the hatch.] Both have a metal wire clip; once you've put the ball [on the hatch or frame] into the socket [on the strut], the straight end of the clip fits through a hole in the socket, and then the curled end snaps around the body of the strut. Actually pretty clever.

But if people are talking about metal brackets, then some models are different than others.

cj's99xjsport

i umm.. will take a pic of the tops of mine and put it on ere tomorwow

mike albo

cool, post up the pics then

3278

Yeah, I was going to do that just now, until I realized it was a bit dark for fine photography.