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Old 16th April 2017, 18:13   #1
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Hello everyone,
My tourer tailgate strut mounting has failed.
Can anyone recommend a good bodyshop in the Worcester area who could repair and paint?
Gaz.
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Old 16th April 2017, 18:47   #2
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Depends how bad it is, but I fixed my granddads 75T buy getting a big washer and unscrewing the mount and placing the under it, it just spreads the load over more metal work rather than the small area, I also did this to my mums ZTT so saves it failing it future.
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Old 25th June 2017, 16:15   #3
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Mine failed today and fixed with a washer...... done the trick...... hopefully it lasts
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Old 26th February 2019, 21:49   #4
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Hello everyone,
My tourer tailgate strut mounting has failed.
Can anyone recommend a good bodyshop in the Worcester area who could repair and paint?
Gaz.
Did you find a local workshop that could fix this ?

The same thing has just happened on my tourer.

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Old 26th February 2019, 22:00   #5
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Depends how bad it is, but I fixed my granddads 75T buy getting a big washer and unscrewing the mount and placing the under it, it just spreads the load over more metal work rather than the small area, I also did this to my mums ZTT so saves it failing it future.
Mines been like this since at least May 2017 when I bought the car. I'm not sure what else to do to fix it so I just take it easy when opening and closing.
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Old 28th February 2019, 00:18   #6
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My MGR garage welded mine, did a brilliant job after the tailgate fell on my head in Sainsbury's car park...
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Any photos of the actual break? As far as I am aware my ZTT is fine in this regard - but the thought of the heavy tailgate dropping unexpectedly is not something I look forward to!!!
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Old 2nd May 2020, 10:34   #8
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I need to fix these on my dads car.
Off side is gone.
Near side is loose.

Going to have to try and work out a way to get the nut out from inside the pillar!
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Old 2nd May 2020, 11:43   #9
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See https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/s...d.php?t=296563
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Old 2nd May 2020, 16:33   #10
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supermarket carpark in December, pouring with rain, close tailgate, BANG. strut drives into hinge and jams tailgate. ball headed pivot nut disappears inside pillar, wife disappears inside car. wails of " woe is me etc " drive home with tailgate open about 6 inches, lovely exhaust smell. my answer ? as per post from the gents in the west country. 9 inches of 1inch wide steel pop riveted over missing pivot nut holes with lock nuts on back of steel strips. not as neat as other answers but way stronger because the fatigue point is spread over 9 inches.
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