fold down rear step non return 300tdi

shocker

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• Jan 4, 2010

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P reg 300tdi has got one of those fancy push down steps at the back,you know,the ones that go back up on their own.....cept this one dont.Go back up that is.Just flops about.
Cursory inspection reveals small unit,6-8",looks like a gas strut for holding your volvo estate back door open,but smaller.Item shows no resistance either way.Origin of fault?Looks like it.

Does anyone have experience of this?Are the struts available singly?Who and how much?

Id like to keep this one on cos its the car I use for the disabled missis and this helps her get in and out the back.

 

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• Jan 4, 2010

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ya can buy a repair kit to fix this but cant remember where i seen then now alternativly buy a new step that fixes on the rear of the tow hitch but its pemanant fixture and doesnt move

 

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• Jan 4, 2010

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Part number RTC9593AA

 

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Part number RTC9593AA

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Here ya go Land Rover discovery rear step repair kit RTC9593AA on eBay (end time 13-Jan-10 20:20:47 GMT)

 

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• Jan 4, 2010

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Mine got tossed in the bin for that exact reason, although mine was also siezed almost solid... it didn't flop about - just needed to be pushed up/down.

Get shut of it, it doesn't really assist climbing into the boot anyway as it's too close to the car!

 

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• Jan 4, 2010

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Thanks guys,excellent quick answers and a link to the part as well....a great welcome back to the forum since Ive been away so long.Cheers!


however....£45 effing for a little gas strut?Its coming off until I find a scrap one or a bloody great spring!The wife will have to bounce!

I got the towbar mounted ones on me other one already,could always shift that over if its really needed...

...but forty sodding five quid?what a bloody giraffe:doh: