How to Replace Rear Hatch Support Struts 2009-17 Chevy Traverse
Created on: 2018-02-27
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a weak or sagging hood or hatch strut on 12 Chevy Traverse
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step 1 :Removing the Hatch Support Strut
- Have an assistant hold the hatch
- Pull the locking strip out with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the hatch strut
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step 2 :Installing the Hatch Support Strut
- Insert the hatch strut into place
- Clip the locking strip in
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
Assistant
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To remove the hatch struts, you'll need an assistant to help you hold the hatch. It's very, very heavy. As soon as you release one of these, the hatch is going to want to fall, or maybe they're not working great and it won't stay up on it's on anyways. You're going to use a flat bladed screwdriver to pull the lock out. It doesn't have to come all the way out, but just enough because you're going to pop off ball stud. Just like that. Somebody's holding it for me. We're going to do the same thing for this one. Pry it up and out. Take it off the ball stud here.
Take your new one. These were working fine, so we're just going to reuse them. The lock will be in place like that. Just push it right over. It locks in place. Got to readjust the lock clip on this one. Push it right back in. Push this up a little bit. Clip it in place. This will be the same for both sides.
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