hoppy tailgate assist
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I see Brad the grinch is still here! Did you get a lump of coal in your stocking.How is couple of small holes going to rust out your truck, no different than a scratch up tailgate. you'll get a rusted out fenderwell before those two little holes do any damage
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We put the tailgate spring on today. The install was pretty easy, but the results weren't nearly as good as the Tundra's. It can be lifted with one arm now without having to crouch down at all, so it's a nice improvement that'll make my bad wrist happy, but it's nowhere near the Tundra's finger-light tailgate.
Maybe a second spring is in order... I WILL have the laziest F-250 in the land, dammit!
Maybe a second spring is in order... I WILL have the laziest F-250 in the land, dammit!
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I have no idea about the second spring. It comes in the box shaped like |____|, with no tension on it, so I wonder if we could just flip it and install it on the other side.
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Let me know how that works out for you
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I just watched the video. It's just a torsion spring steel rod that when hate is up, it rattles around because it's in its free state. Then when you let it down, the bedside end is decent, but the gate end is twisted and pressing against thin sheet metal of the tailgate. I'd like to see a Teflon load spreader on the inside where it pushes against.
There's no adjustment on the torsion. It only can assist one amount. The only way to add capacity is to preload it more.
As far as adding another, if you watch the video you can see that the bedside end has a z bent into it to fit through the hole and stay in, that will be facing the other way and so yo can't just add it to the passenger side. You'd have to rebend the z part the other way.
There's no adjustment on the torsion. It only can assist one amount. The only way to add capacity is to preload it more.
As far as adding another, if you watch the video you can see that the bedside end has a z bent into it to fit through the hole and stay in, that will be facing the other way and so yo can't just add it to the passenger side. You'd have to rebend the z part the other way.
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I just watched the video. It's just a torsion spring steel rod that when hate is up, it rattles around because it's in its free state. Then when you let it down, the bedside end is decent, but the gate end is twisted and pressing against thin sheet metal of the tailgate. I'd like to see a Teflon load spreader on the inside where it pushes against.
There's no adjustment on the torsion. It only can assist one amount. The only way to add capacity is to preload it more.
As far as adding another, if you watch the video you can see that the bedside end has a z bent into it to fit through the hole and stay in, that will be facing the other way and so yo can't just add it to the passenger side. You'd have to rebend the z part the other way.
There's no adjustment on the torsion. It only can assist one amount. The only way to add capacity is to preload it more.
As far as adding another, if you watch the video you can see that the bedside end has a z bent into it to fit through the hole and stay in, that will be facing the other way and so yo can't just add it to the passenger side. You'd have to rebend the z part the other way.
Oh! and Brad I'll call you in 20 yrs and tell you my gate is holding up. I'm just going to smear a little grease on the rod and hole. smoke that!!
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awesome idea! were do you think you could get some teflon? you know come to think of it, I think my 78 bronco has some kind of factory assist on that tailgate, I will have to dig it out of storage and have a look at that.
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girly man here! I got the hoppy tailgate assist on, and it works great. I would say it seems to weight about the same as a new truck tailgate now. you can lift it with ease and lower it with one hand easily. It fits in quit clean. It did take two of us to get the gate back on with alittle bit of manovering. I would recommened it, if tailgate weight is an issue for you, can't go wrong for 20 bucks
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