Houston's Door Struts

[Christian Williams <delorean@xxxx>]

I recieved Houston's door struts today. It's the craziest thing... both
ends face the same way. I was finally able to partially unscrew the shaft
end of one strut so that it would fit. I can't get the other one to
unscrew though.

I thought about taking some heat to it, but sensibility prevailed and I
decided that I'm probably not supposed to take a heat torch to a
compressed gas strut.

So does anyone know what gives with this strut setup? Can anyone think of
a machine that I might find at a local machine shop that has enough power
to unscrew this damn thing?

Thanks,
Christian