MultiPro Tailgate Alignment - Upper Tailgate

[Rexy]

Hoping someone has an answer for this.  I have a 2020 GMC Sierra HD 3500 and the upper tailgate portion of the MultiPro Tailgate does not line up flush with the bottom portion of the tailgate.  See attached picture.  I can push the top tailgate in and it will be flush with the bottom.  Thanks for reviewing this.

[sheath]

Have you tried adjusting the striker bolts (item 4) and/or latches?

I don't have my truck yet to confirm this, but normally the striker bolt & latch can be manipulated to adjust the flush lines.  If not, stop by a local body shop (or your local dealership if they have their own body shop), they'll know how to do it.

 

Hope this helps you out.

[Rexy]

Thanks for the reply, I have already looked at both of those and do not see how I can adjust / slide them one direction or the other.

[JoeH8275]

Not to hijack this thread, but how does this new tailgate stand up to mud and sand?

TIA, Joe

[newdude]

Looking 

On 2/11/2022 at 4:27 PM, Rexy said:

Hoping someone has an answer for this.  I have a 2020 GMC Sierra HD 3500 and the upper tailgate portion of the MultiPro Tailgate does not line up flush with the bottom portion of the tailgate.  See attached picture.  I can push the top tailgate in and it will be flush with the bottom.  Thanks for reviewing this.

 

 

On 2/12/2022 at 12:40 PM, sheath said:

Have you tried adjusting the striker bolts (item 4) and/or latches?

I don't have my truck yet to confirm this, but normally the striker bolt & latch can be manipulated to adjust the flush lines.  If not, stop by a local body shop (or your local dealership if they have their own body shop), they'll know how to do it.

 

Hope this helps you out.

 

 

 

Looking in the service manual, they show an adjustment for the main gate but not the midgate.

 

Looking at the proper parts illustration and the service procedure for the midgate latches, the strikers on the midgate are fixed and have no adjustment.  The latch has a very limited window of movement, but appears to be the only point of adjustment on the midgate.  

 

I'd try to loosen ever so lightly the left midgate latch and see what type of movement it allows, if its up/down or front/back or both.