Best $20 spent on those with a Heavy Tailgate.?!

mmomega · May 26, 2011

Just saw this on my truck forums, I think I'll definitely be grabbing this mod for myself.

Part was $19.99 at the local O'Riellys Auto Parts. The tailgate with step, hand bar, camera, etc made the tailgate fairly heavy for the wife to open. Heck it was sometimes hard for me to open with my hands full of other junk. Now its just a simple lift of the handle and let go. Takes around 3 seconds for the tailgate to fully open. Awesome and cheap!

Here are the numbers off of the cylinder:

008671 0000N 159/08 A 2

Bighurt · May 26, 2011

Thanks!

BTW Ford has the lightest tailgate of the big three. The other two are at least double the weight, and from what I've put mine through it still handles the abuse.

Rrloren · May 26, 2011

I have it and it is great but it only assists on the opening in case you didn't know. Still gotta lift it to close.

JohnDar · May 26, 2011

How much added force is required to lift the gate and overcome the gas strut?

Rrloren · May 26, 2011

I think about the same. When I bought mine I thought it worked both ways , it does stop the slamming on the opening tho.

porthole · May 26, 2011

JohnDar said:
How much added force is required to lift the gate and overcome the gas strut?

John - Zero assist/damping going up.

Here is mine

hoefler · May 27, 2011

Here is one that assists with lifting as well. http://www.genosgarage.com/prodinfo.asp?number=GATEGLIDE_II

Peteandsharon · May 28, 2011

Bighurt said:
Thanks!

BTW Ford has the lightest tailgate of the big three. The other two are at least double the weight, and from what I've put mine through it still handles the abuse.

Yeah, when I got the 2008 F250 I couldn't believe how light it was compared to my previous '99 F250. Like night and day difference. The spray on bed liner added a little weight to the tailgate but still much lighter than before.

Duramax1 · May 28, 2011

Rrloren said:
I have it and it is great but it only assists on the opening in case you didn't know. Still gotta lift it to close.

My Chevrolet Silverado came with an easy lift tailgate assist.

I added the EZ down tailgate assist which I think is worth the money.

hoefler · May 28, 2011

My Ram has a torsion spring on the tail gate from the factory, that makes opening and closing with one hand a breeze.

Best $20 spent on those with a Heavy Tailgate.?!

mmomega

AnyTimer

Bighurt

Well-known member

Rrloren

Well-known member

JohnDar

Prolifically Gabby Member

Rrloren

Well-known member

porthole

Retired

hoefler

Well-known member

Peteandsharon

Well-known member

Duramax1

Well-known member

hoefler

Well-known member

Similar threads