How do you install a hidden tailgate latch?
Now that the tailgate is hung, prepare for the hidden latch install by marking the location on each side by spotting the holes with the disassembled latch tube and appropriate sized center punch We made holes using a 5/8-inch Rotabroach cutter on a pneumatic drill.
How do you open a stuck tailgate on a Chevy truck?
Lever the rod in the unlock direction while pulling up on the handle. This may provide enough extra distance to unlock the tailgate. If not, install a second set of needle-nose pliers to the other rod and remove the retainer pins that hold the rods to the latch pivot. Do not remove the pliers and allow the rods to drop into the tailgate.
Are there Brothers trucks with tailgate latches?
Brothers Trucks has a combination of components comprising a pretty neat “kit” to solve that rudimentary aspect in a less obtrusive yet more functional manner.
What kind of cable to use for tailgate?
Other than swapping the chains for smaller-diameter, vinyl-coated braided cable, for those who want a cleaner look that still affords a manner in which to keep the gate from dropping on the ground when released, there is an answer.
Now that the tailgate is hung, prepare for the hidden latch install by marking the location on each side by spotting the holes with the disassembled latch tube and appropriate sized center punch We made holes using a 5/8-inch Rotabroach cutter on a pneumatic drill.
Lever the rod in the unlock direction while pulling up on the handle. This may provide enough extra distance to unlock the tailgate. If not, install a second set of needle-nose pliers to the other rod and remove the retainer pins that hold the rods to the latch pivot. Do not remove the pliers and allow the rods to drop into the tailgate.
Brothers Trucks has a combination of components comprising a pretty neat “kit” to solve that rudimentary aspect in a less obtrusive yet more functional manner.
Other than swapping the chains for smaller-diameter, vinyl-coated braided cable, for those who want a cleaner look that still affords a manner in which to keep the gate from dropping on the ground when released, there is an answer.