Tailgate alignment / adjustment help please

[Richard]

Originally Posted by howzzzit

Don't know about 69s, but my 72 is tack welded at the side bottoms. No movement there. Like others stated it just needs adjustment.

Unsure why your trunions were tacked as they are bolt in. Neither of the 72's i had/have were tacked, maybe a PO did it because he put to much weight on the gate? The mounting holes in trunions are slotted for adjustment. If they were welded I would have cut or ground the tacks loose to allow the adjustment. No amount of bending or tweeking of the bed sides will get the left top edge of bed side to align with the top of the tailgate. Just move the trunion up on left side and at a minimum everything will be closer. I would bet a dollar that all would be fixed. The delrin trunions are a great upgrade. No more grinding when opening and closing gate!
Edit- A quick search turned up this https://lsfab.com/67-72-gmc-chevy-c1...c-chevy-truck/ I am sure there are others. Holley is a big corp maybe look elsewhere.

[howzzzit]

Originally Posted by Richard

Unsure why your trunions were tacked as they are bolt in. Neither of the 72's i had/have were tacked, maybe a PO did it because he put to much weight on the gate? The mounting holes in trunions are slotted for adjustment. If they were welded I would have cut or ground the tacks loose to allow the adjustment. No amount of bending or tweeking of the bed sides will get the left top edge of bed side to align with the top of the tailgate. Just move the trunion up on left side and at a minimum everything will be closer. I would bet a dollar that all would be fixed. The delrin trunions are a great upgrade. No more grinding when opening and closing gate!
Edit- A quick search turned up this https://lsfab.com/67-72-gmc-chevy-c1...c-chevy-truck/ I am sure there are others. Holley is a big corp maybe look elsewhere.

Sorry, attached wrong post. He stated it looked like it had to come out more on the bottom. I was referring to the bed sides being tack welded to the bed floor and bed frame.

[Richard]

Originally Posted by howzzzit

Sorry, attached wrong post. He stated it looked like it had to come out more on the bottom. I was referring to the bed sides being tack welded to the bed floor and bed frame.

No worries, makes sense now.