Thanks for the pics...the video is marked private (just so you know). I think I'll be ok with the install though!

 

Ack - the tailgate support/shock broke already !!!

that nutsert or whatever didn't hold and my tailgate came down HARD !!!

gonna call them soon

 

confirmed. im not gettin one. mine never slams down anyway, as i have a built it easy down assist in my arm.

 

I just installed the deezee. It broke in about 5 tries. Nutsert bites.

 

I hope that is not that case with mine (should be here in a couple of days). What is the nut insert doing? Stripping out? Coming lose? Anything that can be done to reinforce it?

 

it basically pivoted "up" so the shock slipped off the end...

sent deezee an email since they are closed... we'll see how they respond....

my take is that this nutsert or whatever it is is very particular about how it's installed and the hole we have to put it in is not round so......

(or I screwed the install up either way it is not working )

 

ordered the Vision X 6510's today...and as Savage says, now im just waitin for santa.

 

Where'd you order them from TS ?

 

An amazon store called vision x only....

 

The Nutsert is just not beefy enough to handle the stress of slowing the tailgate down. It's very close to the pivot point and there must be at least 400 pounds of pull on that little thing when it catches the tailgate in a free fall. It's a geometry thing, the magnification of weight forces the closer you get to the fulcrum. No leverage there at all, just brute force.

Anyone with experience with nuts and bolts can tell by feel that something is tight, being installed right, you can feel the Nutsert clamping down like a drywall moly. It's pretty easy to tell when it's tight and on the brink of stripping out.

 

n fab prerunner arrived

 

That will look nice...when are the lights coming?

 

still waiting for it to ship. amazon says between the 17th - 22nd... which gives me time to figure out how im gonna do my typical NASA install

 

remember to include both a mechanical and electrical connection. I don't want to go through all of this again...

I'm so going to hell

 

wait, you mean i cant just twist the wires together and put electrical tape?