How do I un-stuck a stuck tailgate??? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

67Mach1 · 07-31-2012, 07:44 AM

I have a truck bed with a decent tail gate on it but the bed is headed to the junk yard and the gate will not open. I mean I cant even get the handle to move on the unit.

How do I go about getting it off the truck w/out cutting the bed or ? Looks like its been shut for a very very long time.

Any tips are appreciated? Junk yard trip is Saturday.

slipkorn34 · 07-31-2012, 08:05 AM

mine was closed for 15 years, all i had to do was use a few cans of wd40 and wrench back and forth on the handle for a while, still hard to move and i gotta hit it to go back down but it works

67Mach1 · 07-31-2012, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by slipkorn34

mine was closed for 15 years, all i had to do was use a few cans of wd40 and wrench back and forth on the handle for a while, still hard to move and i gotta hit it to go back down but it works

But where to you spray the WD 40?

slipkorn34 · 07-31-2012, 09:39 AM

i sprayed on the sides between the bed and tailgate on both sides and all around the handle trying to get the upper part of the handle too inside with the moving parts

67Mach1 · 07-31-2012, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by slipkorn34

i sprayed on the sides between the bed and tailgate on both sides and all around the handle trying to get the upper part of the handle too inside with the moving parts

Thanks I'll give it a go! Worst case I'm removing the front headder panel and Wheel wells if I have to I guess I could cut the back of the bed off and free the gate that way.

Thanks again!

**WIDESIDE72** · 08-03-2012, 11:18 PM

I have a fleetside tailgate with the opposite problem. I bolted it on the longhorn and now it won't stay closed. I think it just need lube. The handle moves but the nubs on each Side do not.
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67chevy1series · 08-03-2012, 11:48 PM

try to pry against the tailgate on the inside between where the stake pocket comes all the way down to the bottom of the floor and pry while having the tailgate lubed in all moving joints

07-31-2012, 07:44 AM	#1
67Mach1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Round Rock, TX Posts: 1,100	How do I un-stuck a stuck tailgate??? I have a truck bed with a decent tail gate on it but the bed is headed to the junk yard and the gate will not open. I mean I cant even get the handle to move on the unit. How do I go about getting it off the truck w/out cutting the bed or ? Looks like its been shut for a very very long time. Any tips are appreciated? Junk yard trip is Saturday. __________________ Soon to be selling all but one, or two... Depends on what the Boss has to say....... 67 GMC Shortbed 454 Project more junk and most of it is for sale

07-31-2012, 08:05 AM	#2
slipkorn34 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eden Prairie, MN Posts: 73	Re: How do I un-stuck a stuck tailgate??? mine was closed for 15 years, all i had to do was use a few cans of wd40 and wrench back and forth on the handle for a while, still hard to move and i gotta hit it to go back down but it works __________________ 1969 mercury cougar XR-7 - sold 1978 Chevy C-10 Scottsdale - sold 1996 chevy k1500 - sold 1970 mercury monterey - sold 1971 chevy c10 4 speed 4x4 - dd

07-31-2012, 09:39 AM	#4
slipkorn34 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eden Prairie, MN Posts: 73	Re: How do I un-stuck a stuck tailgate??? i sprayed on the sides between the bed and tailgate on both sides and all around the handle trying to get the upper part of the handle too inside with the moving parts __________________ 1969 mercury cougar XR-7 - sold 1978 Chevy C-10 Scottsdale - sold 1996 chevy k1500 - sold 1970 mercury monterey - sold 1971 chevy c10 4 speed 4x4 - dd

08-03-2012, 11:18 PM	#6
WIDESIDE72 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cedar Park, Texas Posts: 7,500	Re: How do I un-stuck a stuck tailgate??? I have a fleetside tailgate with the opposite problem. I bolted it on the longhorn and now it won't stay closed. I think it just need lube. The handle moves but the nubs on each Side do not. Posted via Mobile Device

08-03-2012, 11:48 PM	#7
67chevy1series Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: a t w a t e r cali 95301 Posts: 10,713	Re: How do I un-stuck a stuck tailgate??? try to pry against the tailgate on the inside between where the stake pocket comes all the way down to the bottom of the floor and pry while having the tailgate lubed in all moving joints



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