Cap tailgate repair

[OrneryPest]

I have a pickup truck with a 1997-vintage Cap City cap, and the hydraulic tailgate-open-holders are getting sorta weak and they allow the tailgate to keep falling down onto the person loading the truck. Is there any place anywhere near Solomons where these things can be serviced or replaced?

 

[glhs837]

Most of those hydraulic lift arms are stock parts you might be bale to find at any autozone or other parts place. They are not servicable, they just get replaced. Should be mounted with simple fasteners, you could take one off and take it into the parts place, see if they can match it. If that level of mechaincal interaction is beyond you, virtually any automotive shop could do this for very little. Of course, you will have to pay over $60 an hour labor ( but it should be less than 1/2 hour) and figure a 30% markup or so, so the lift arm you buy at Advance for $20 will cost you closer to $30.

 

[OrneryPest]

Thank you! I'll check out Trak Auto (or whatever their new name is) and whoever else I find. They're pop-riveted in, it'll be no problem to punch out the rivets and put the new ones in.

 

[aps45819]

We carry them at Advance Auto Parts

 

[Midnightrider]

Thank you! I'll check out Trak Auto (or whatever their new name is) and whoever else I find. They're pop-riveted in, it'll be no problem to punch out the rivets and put the new ones in.

they usually come off at the ball joints. some sort of a clip....

We carry them at Advance Auto Parts

moving on up, huh

 

[glhs837]

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Good point, MR. OP, look these over, see if any of them resemble how yours come apart. The mounts are usually bolted or riveted, but the rod pops off a ball joint sort of deal.

 

[OrneryPest]

Got 'em! Advance Auto in Lusby had them. They snap right onto the old mounts. Didn't even hafta undo the pop rivets.

 

[glhs837]

Good.