You should be able to rotate the rod itself in the cylinder. Scott Mueller 002981 RNDOLA -----Original Message----- From: Christian Williams [mailto:delorean@xxxx] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 11:06 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] Houston's Door Struts 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