When I bought my Dak, it's tailgate also felt like it only half
latched, and it required a serious slam for that much even. I opened
the access panel, dislodged some corrosion, sprayed white lithium
grease on every moving part (while moving it to work it in), and it
has worked fine since. After I dig out of our snow, I'll look inside
the door at the Jeep latch mechanism too.
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Barry Oliver
<barrysuperhawk@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> My Dak tailgate doesent close properly and hasn't since I got the truck.
> It feels like a door that is only half latched most of the time. I have
> adjusted the pins and the locks, oiled the hell out of everything, cleaned
> everything, tride teflon, wax, light oil, heavy oil, grease and spooge to
> lube it up and nothing works... It is the way it is.
>
>
> Dustin Williams wrote:
>>
>> Heck my Dakota tailgate doesn't want to close below freezing a few
>> hard slams works above 20F a few squirts of wd40 a few years ago fixed
>> it for a few years probably time for another squirt. As for the GC I'd
>> check for warping or signs of rubbing. Of course wd40 on the latch
>> wouldn't hurt.
>>
>
>
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