2006 Tailgate

From : steve b

Q: this morning i helped a friend by going to the nursery with him and getting some decorative rocks. when i dropped the tailgate to dump them some became lodged in the crack. as i wiggled it downward i learned that on one side there is only a slider that keeps the tailgate on. it fell off and the cables caught it before it smashed my feet. on most trucks i have owned they had two pins on plates that were bolted on. this made it harder to come off and harder to be stolen. if i ever need a tailgate for a 2006 dodge truck i could have one off and be gone in less than 15 seconds with that slider pin idea and the puny little clips on the cables. what a lame design. steve .

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From : beryl

steve b wrote this morning i helped a friend by going to the nursery with him and getting some decorative rocks. when i dropped the tailgate to dump them some became lodged in the crack. as i wiggled it downward i learned that on one side there is only a slider that keeps the tailgate on. it fell off and the cables caught it before it smashed my feet. on most trucks i have owned they had two pins on plates that were bolted on. this made it harder to come off and harder to be stolen. if i ever need a tailgate for a 2006 dodge truck i could have one off and be gone in less than 15 seconds with that slider pin idea and the puny little clips on the cables. what a lame design. steve my 2001 ram has the same thing. lots of trucks have that lame design its for convenience. fit a hose clamp around the easy-off hinge with the screwdriver end pointing down at some hard-to-access direction. -- make friends with a few animals. then you will become a cheerful man once more and nothing will be able to trouble you. -- albert einstein .