Tailgate mounting help required

[ZUBZ]

As you know I posted some pics and info on my tailgate, anyway I tried mounting it on weekend and cant seem to find the items required to mount it on the bottom that will allow the tailgate to go up/down

I suspect it needs to be like a spring loaded round bar to allow it to be pushed in to allow mounting of the tailgate...

Thanks

[Daddy Brim]

Bolt up one hinge,put on tail gate. Put hinge on other side and bolt up. No spring that I'm aware of.

[ZUBZ]

Thanks Daddy Brim,

But mine has holes on both ends as if a rod suppose to go inside....

Looking at your gate it sort of slots from the top mine does not...

I can take close up photos to show you....

[blackdawn]

sounds like someone may have played with your tail gate previously, but the pictures that daddy brim show are correct, no springs or rods, just a cap on each side that it rotates on

[ZUBZ]

Originally Posted by blackdawn

sounds like someone may have played with your tail gate previously, but the pictures that daddy brim show are correct, no springs or rods, just a cap on each side that it rotates on

I will post close ups, the tailgate is flat and doesnt look like cap ends were ever installed....I suspect something could have been removed on the bed. ...

[blackdawn]

ah i just went and looked at your other post, sorry i didn't realize your tailgate isnt the stock one for the US atleast so at that point i am unsure of how it would mount, sorry.

[blackdawn]

when these trucks where imported to mexico they sent them over with out the beds so they would only get charged export/import fees on parts rather than a whole vehicle, and then they put on a bed they made in mexico which was different. so i would suspect they did something similar to canada. unfortunately there really isnt a lot of info on those, but everything else about the truck should be the same as the US

[67chevemall]

Got me looking now! Mine is put on with a big allen key bolt......

[blackdawn]

the US stepside beds are done with a round slug with a tapped hole in the middle, which you put into the tailgate and then put a bolt in from the outside. they give you a whole at the bottom of the gate to attempt to hold the slug in place while bolting to it. that one is a pita.

[ZUBZ]

Originally Posted by blackdawn

the US stepside beds are done with a round slug with a tapped hole in the middle, which you put into the tailgate and then put a bolt in from the outside. they give you a whole at the bottom of the gate to attempt to hold the slug in place while bolting to it. that one is a pita.

Do you perhaps have photos of this setup?

[blackdawn]

i dont have any pictures myself of them, but lmc has a somewhat decent pictures of what im talking about

[67chevemall]

yep thats the one. Just have a nice black hardened steel allen key bolt in there.
Keeps the bastards from walking away with the tailgate easy pesy.

[ZUBZ]

Guys here are pictures of my tailgate and mounting section on the truck, as you can see on the truck side I have added 2 white lines showing the ridge it has. I just dont see how these got mounted

[Crash_OK]

Originally Posted by ZUBZ

Guys here are pictures of my tailgate and mounting section on the truck, as you can see on the truck side I have added 2 white lines showing the ridge it has. I just dont see how these got mounted

Looks like there might be a thick layer of "Bondo" on top of the bolts.. Hard to tell from the pictures.. but it sure looks like it..

[ZUBZ]

Mark, that is definitely not bondo, its actual factory welded metal........

[Crash_OK]

Originally Posted by ZUBZ

Mark, that is definitely not bondo, its actual factory welded metal........

I apologize; I did not read your thread in depth enough. Below are pictures of how the 67-71 USA fleetside attaches. Good luck with your build.






Have a great day..

[German_AC]

Sure, no problem. Next time I see my budy I'll do it and post the info right here.

[ZUBZ]

Originally Posted by German_AC

Sure, no problem. Next time I see my budy I'll do it and post the info right here.

German AC, thanks, you are a good man.

[77shortstep]

HOPE THIS HELPS

[ZUBZ]

Thanks 77 for the info, however my question is more relating to the template of the hinge, I showed the picture to an engineer but he said if I can get a template of the hinge and some measurements it will be a lot easier to feed this into his computer program so that we can fabricate the item.

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