Re: Tailgate won't latch!

From: Ed McCarrick (edmccarrick@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jan 09 2004 - 20:10:10 EST


--- andy levy <andy-dml@levyclan.us> wrote:
>
> Opened up my tailgate to check something in the bed
> tonight before
> leaving work and was that ever a mistake! The
> tailgate will not latch
> now. I tried slamming it, I tried easing it in,
> tried everything, no
> dice. Ended up holding it up with a cargo tie-down
> hooked into the
> handle. So far, it's holding, but I wanna get this
> thing closing for
> real ASAP.
>
> It's 5 below right now, and I can't help but think
> the cold has
> something to do with this. Maybe the rubber bumpers
> are so stiff that
> they won't compress to let the latch engage? Any
> ideas on what to do here?

It's not that the handle is frozen in the "up"
position, or anything like that is it? Are the latches
extended? Find a heated garage or get an A.R.E. hard
cover like mine (tailgate doesn't need to latch)

Ed

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