Any advice on a broken Silverado tailgate?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:00 pm
Tailgate won't open. It's gonna be hard to load up dogs next weekend! Any advice appreciated before I get the cutting torch out. LOL
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Re: Any advice on a broken Silverado tailgate?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:07 pm
I don't know about your tailgate but some have a plate on the inside of the tailgate that you can take off and get to the handle latches from the inside
Re: Any advice on a broken Silverado tailgate?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:14 pm
If its the latch then the part to fix it is only about 35 bucksdepending on the year.also one of the wires/cables could have just slipped off and you might not even need the new part
Re: Any advice on a broken Silverado tailgate?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:22 pm
Trade for a Tundra. 
Re: Any advice on a broken Silverado tailgate?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:31 pm
Theplastic keepers have broken at the latch remove ur plate and it's all exposed,it's a cheap fixKy. Hunter wrote:I don't know about your tailgate but some have a plate on the inside of the tailgate that you can take off and get to the handle latches from the inside
Re: Any advice on a broken Silverado tailgate?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:32 pm
I like that. That is what I drive also.Tundra Beagle wrote:Trade for a Tundra.
Re: Any advice on a broken Silverado tailgate?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:02 am
Get a FORD!
Re: Any advice on a broken Silverado tailgate?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:13 am
at least FORD circles the problem!!JCM wrote:Get a FORD!
Re: Any advice on a broken Silverado tailgate?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:27 pm
Maple Valley probably has the expertise to know what he's talkin about so I'd go with what he told you. I don't know but I think that's what he does and if so that's like E.F. Hutton speaking to my ears, I listen!
Re: Any advice on a broken Silverado tailgate?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:23 pm
Thanks for the advice guys. I will pull the plate this afternoon and take a look. I've got nothing against Fords or Tundras but I love my Chevrolet. Honestly, its been the best truck I've ever owned. 10 years, almost 200k miles, and going strong.
Re: Any advice on a broken Silverado tailgate?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:01 pm
Like JIMMIE said , pull the latch , think it has 3 or 4 screws on the inside ( bed side ) they are star heads , you will see 2 small rods that hook to each side of the latchs ,the rod have a plastic keeper ( on mine 1 was red & 1 was green ) this determines what side or latch it operates . I'd say 1 of the keepers have broken or maybe just come off . easy and not expensive fix . On mine the bezel around the outside latch is stuck on by 2 sided tape but if I remember it did not need to come off , but I didn't figure that out untill I had removed it .
One other note I picked mine up from the GM dealer , don't know if a auto parts store would have them ?
One other note I picked mine up from the GM dealer , don't know if a auto parts store would have them ?