Jump to content

Silverado Tailgate Not Closing

Bmuelle

By Bmuelle
in Ask A GM Technician

Recommended Posts

Bmuelle Enthusiast

Bmuelle

Posted
Posted

I have a 2000 Silverado and the tailgate refuses to shut on the first or second time I try to close it. I usually have to shut it 3 or 4 times before it stays closed. I tried WD40 on both latches but that fails to work.

GENESPOOLS Enthusiast

GENESPOOLS

Posted
Posted

time to buy a new handle, couple a bolts, couple a clips your all done! you'll notice when you take the old one off it's a bit rusty and won't function properly[ at least mine was anyway] I took off from a lite once and the gate dropped down i thought someone took a shot at me , what a sound!! :driving:

Bmuelle Enthusiast

Bmuelle

Posted
  • Author
Posted
time to buy a new handle, couple a bolts, couple a clips your all done! you'll notice when you take the old one off it's a bit rusty and won't function properly[ at least mine was anyway] I took off from a lite once and the gate dropped down i thought someone took a shot at me , what a sound!! :thumbs:

 

Thanks for you response.

 

So are you telling me that the rusted handle is'nt allowing the two end latches to fully close and remain open when the tailgate is closed? Is this a complicated install?

dietz4ibanez Senior Enthusiast

dietz4ibanez

Posted
Posted

Yeah thats exactly right, its better to get it fixed right away because I put it off for a long time on my truck and it ended up getting stuck closed. I had never looked into it before so I was a little stumped at first.

 

 

One thing that always seems to make them last longer is keeping them lubed up with wd40 like you did and I always fully lift the handle and put it in the closed position and make sure that it is latched in place....

Bmuelle Enthusiast

Bmuelle

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Yeah thats exactly right, its better to get it fixed right away because I put it off for a long time on my truck and it ended up getting stuck closed. I had never looked into it before so I was a little stumped at first.

 

 

One thing that always seems to make them last longer is keeping them lubed up with wd40 like you did and I always fully lift the handle and put it in the closed position and make sure that it is latched in place....

Thanks for the advice.

gmcjoe Senior Enthusiast

gmcjoe

Posted
Posted

No need for a new handle. This happens on my 2000 GMC Sierra as well.

Once a year I take the handle bezel off and unbold the latch mechanisms on either side of the tailgate and re-grease them. Use real grease, not WD40, it will last much much longer

 

Takes just a few minutes and I'm back in business :crackup:

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Forum Statistics

    250.6k
    Total Topics
    2.7m
    Total Posts

  • Member Statistics

    343,007
    Total Members
    8,960
    Most Online
    Brendan C
    Newest Member
    Brendan C
    Joined

  • Who's Online   0 Members, 0 Anonymous, 1,067 Guests (See full list)

    • There are no registered users currently online

  • Latest Articles

  • Posts

    • Grumpy Bear
      Joke Thread

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

    • Grumpy Bear
      The Peckish Synapse

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      You're better read than that Atlas. 😏   British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke formulated three adages that are known as Clarke's three laws, of which the third law – that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" – is the best known and most widely cited.   Stribeck and the pivotable Hersey Number isn't voodoo nor snake oil. That part is physics. It's what marketing and bean counters do with it that is snake oil and voodoo.    Stribeck is the relationship between Hersey and the Coefficient of Friction. Within the Hersey Equation if viscosity and viscosity is 'Dependent' on.......heat.......and.......viscosity index or the temperature to viscosity slope.    Specifically Hersey is the viscosity AT THE TEMPERATURE IN THAT LOCATION FOR THAT SLOPE.   Hydrodynamic lubrication exist when the film thickness in the location is 3X the Ra roughness of the surface. This is irrespective of the hardness of the substrate. To obtain that thickness X viscosity is required for Y velocity at Z load. That's a lot of moving parts. It is also impossible to maintain in an ICE but nearly possible with a turbine under constant load.    What does that mean? Error heavy and operate light. Wear is inevitable but the rate of wear and the milage obtainable are a function of prevailing conditions and HABITS. The only penalty is viscous drag and at fractions so low as to be well worth the effort. Double the life, half the manufacturing carbon foot print. Greed is the only impediment.    The materials generated by SwRI are the RESULT not an estimation or a hypothesis.    Don't delude yourself sir, EV's have as many pitfalls as ICE's. We just don't know what they are yet and it will take longer to sort as MARKETING and GREEDY CEO's have had more time to polish the turd they are selling. 
    • Grumpy Bear
      The Peckish Synapse

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      You can always count on greed to prey on ignorance and stupidity.    Friend bought a 2019 Ford Flex and asked me about using Valvoline R&P 5W30 in it. Told him give the miles on it and the fact it wasn't yet using oil that it was a good plan. He uses a Valvoline quick change shop for his oil service.   First they tell him that isn't the oil the OEM recommends. He told them he didn't care what the OEM thought. Then they floated the, "But it will void your warranty"    His reply was it's a 2019, there is no warranty and informed them their knowledge of the law was lacking.    Then they tell him 'But it will ruin your motor"!.    Mine to ruin he says. Finally they give in and charge him 150% the semi-syn price    Point it the brainwash is so embedded that even the service industry is drunk on their swill. The public is right behind them. Echoing the same lies on every forum and media platform. If the end goal is indeed EV then I'd say that ship is about built. 
    • CamGTP
      Gas Prices

      By CamGTP · Posted

      Diesel hit $6.00 here today at the truck stop.   Payed $2.79 for E85 today too.
    • richard wysong
      Electrical Problem - solved

      By richard wysong · Posted

      Thanks for posting, I'm sure it will help someone

  • GM-Trucks.com Clubs

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...