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Old 09-16-2011, 07:13 AM   #8
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Re: How to tighten tailgate on 1984 GMC?

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Originally Posted by 2badgn View Post
Do u have any pics and tips/instructions?
Not really. If I remember correctly, the hardest parts was getting the bolts out of the handle.

I put the tailgate, inside up, on a garbage can and soaked the screws for a couple days.

They broke lose and then I remove the latches from sides of the gate. There are 2 rods inside the connect the latches to the handle(cant remember if I took those out). Not sure how it will go with the spray-on liner

Cleaned and sprayed the crap out of all of it. I put never-seize on everything and put it back together.

I dont remember having to adjust anything? maybe.

Its all pretty easy. Just make sure you spray the hell out of the bolts(screws) for the handle a couple days before.
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