I have the same problem with mine. The part you need to bend is the piece
that holds the sliding bracket. If anyone wants a project, how about
modifying two of these things, one to fit on each side of the lock?
I bent and assembled the lock and locking mechanism outside the tailgate to
get the angle right. Too much and it will rub against the lift bars and
cause wear, too little and it causes the handle to come up farther.
Question to anyone... Can a piece of metal be welded on the end of the bar
so it covers both levers of the handle? or can the bar be replaced with a
longer one?
Chris
'99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 Amethyst
----- Original Message -----
From: Tod Oace <tod@quay.com>
To: <dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:17 PM
Subject: DML: Steadfast Pop & Lock power tailgate not working
> I'm having a love + hate relationship with the Steadfast power tailgate
lock
> I bought and installed today.
>
> I finally got the lock mechanism installed and was playing around with it
to
> make sure it's working. I locked it, then I unlocked it, then I locked
it,
> then I unlocked it again, and then after that I locked it, and then you
know
> what I did after that? That's right, I started playing with the tailgate
> release handle to really make sure it was locking and unlocking. Pull, no
> open. Unlock, pull, open. Lock, pull, no open. And so forth. Very
cool!
>
> Then I started pulling harder on the release handle, cause hey, that's
what
> a thief might do, right? Lock, pull on the left side, no open. Pull on
the
> right side, open. What? Open?!? Close tailgate, pull on the right side,
> open. Oh no!!!! Close tailgate, pull on the right side, open. This
can't
> be...other DMLers are using this lock! Close tailgate, pull on the right
> side, open. (sigh)
>
> I searched through the archives and came across something about bending
> something 10 degrees. But I still don't know if this is what I need to
do,
> or what it is I need to bend.
>
> Has anyone run into this?
>
> --
> Tod Oace, tod@quay.com
>
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