[AT] parts getter problems

[Steve W.]

Cecil Bearden wrote:
> Maybe you guys have had this problem before.   My wife's 2003 Dodge 
> caravan broke the bolt that holds the liftgate strut.  It looks like it 
> was a stud spot or friction welded to a plate that is spot welded from 
> the back side of the Door pillar.  If I could get to the back side, I 
> would drill out the plate and install a bolt from the back side.  The 
> problem is due to our rough roads as it is the right side.
> 
> Cecil
> 

Have repaired a bunch of them. If you pull the weatherstrip you should 
see the upper body pivot attachment point, it just screws into the body 
at a double thickness of steel.
The one on the gate end comes off the same way.

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Steve W.