Remote Tailgate Release

Marv88 · October 18, 2017

4 minutes ago, Frankie Garcia said:

What actuators are you using.. i grabbed some lock actuators from a late 90s suburban... Sometimes it will work.. other times nope. Need stronger ones i guess @beavo451

I used these and they work great.

https://m.ebay.com/itm/Universal-Door-Lock-Actuator-Heavy-Duty-360-Degree-/151718737530?epid=1458695730&hash=item235324367a%3Ag%3ABKsAAOSwyjJZzst5&_trkparms=pageci%3Af8d8c087-b3b0-11e7-bf47-74dbd1808428%7Cparentrq%3A2d6ff4f915f0a9c548c2182cfffd5789%7Ciid%3A6

Frankie Garcia · October 18, 2017

@Marv88 cool.. u set ur actuators to pulling or pushing?

Marv88 · October 18, 2017

43 minutes ago, Frankie Garcia said:

@Marv88 cool.. u set ur actuators to pulling or pushing?

I set it up to pull.

Edited October 18, 2017 by Marv88

Frankie Garcia · October 18, 2017

Dope, followed... Those actuators sound a lot more powerful then mine.

beavo451 · October 18, 2017

8 hours ago, Marv88 said:

I used these and they work great.

https://m.ebay.com/itm/Universal-Door-Lock-Actuator-Heavy-Duty-360-Degree-/151718737530?epid=1458695730&hash=item235324367a%3Ag%3ABKsAAOSwyjJZzst5&_trkparms=pageci%3Af8d8c087-b3b0-11e7-bf47-74dbd1808428%7Cparentrq%3A2d6ff4f915f0a9c548c2182cfffd5789%7Ciid%3A6

7 hours ago, Frankie Garcia said:

Dope, followed... Those actuators sound a lot more powerful then mine.

Pretty much any actuators that are the "heavy duty" variety will work. I bought mine off of Amazon.

Black Denali Canada · October 18, 2017

Niceee !!!

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David in WXW · October 18, 2017

It sure would be nice if someone would design, produce, and sell a plug and play DIY kit for the novice, such as myself!!

Jmiller11331 · October 19, 2017

Wish there was a "how to" video

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beavo451 · October 20, 2017

13 hours ago, Jmiller11331 said:

Wish there was a "how to" video

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Buy me another truck and I'll make one! lol.

On 10/18/2017 at 2:46 PM, David in WXW said:

It sure would be nice if someone would design, produce, and sell a plug and play DIY kit for the novice, such as myself!!

I suspect that this would be a pretty low volume product and designing one would be pretty significant. It would also be marginally easier as it would just have connectors pre-attached vs using your own.

Frankie Garcia · October 23, 2017

I bought the actuators recommended but still had issues... finnaly realized that on side was very difficult to disengage when pulling.. adjusted striker and bam works... If anyone has issues check each latch manually by hand how much tension it has to release @Marv88

Marv88 · October 23, 2017

15 hours ago, Frankie Garcia said:

I bought the actuators recommended but still had issues... finnaly realized that on side was very difficult to disengage when pulling.. adjusted striker and bam works... If anyone has issues check each latch manually by hand how much tension it has to release @Marv88

I forgot I had that exact issue when I first installed mine!

BTW, does anyone know if there is an adjustment for the tailgate support cables? When my tailgate is down the passenger side cable is taut however the drivers side has quite a bit of slack until you put weight on.