RE: Getting tired of the single action tailgate.....

From: Brian (hskr@cox.net)
Date: Fri Oct 01 2010 - 08:22:52 EDT


Pull the latches out and grease them. Just had to do this on the '94 Dak I
had.

brian cropp
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
> truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Jim Zito
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 7:09 AM
> To: Dakota
> Subject: DML: Getting tired of the single action tailgate.....
>
>
> OK my fellow gun nuts will understand that reference, for those who
> don't.....
>
> Tailgate on the Dakota doesn't like to play anymore, I open it and
> generally
> the handle stays up...I can deal with that but often times, even with the
> handle "re-cocked" it still won't close. Further investigation showed
> that
> there are little levers by the actual latches that need to be reset as
> well.
>
> Now I can work around this but, I'd like to figure out what I need to do
> to
> restore the modern "double action" operation to the tailgate.
>
> Jim
> 03 red full time 2wd CC Dak missing 2 pistons and pants that like to fall
> down....
>
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