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Old 10-25-2021, 10:35 PM   #18
AcampoDave
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Re: Tri-Plus Tailgate Impressions

So, time has revealed a small problem with the new tailgate. The chain eyelets are lacking the interior spot welds of the OEM tailgates. I had to do a little modification to keep them from rocking in toward the truck when weight was placed on the chains with the gate down. Here's a borrowed pic of an OEM with the spotwelded eyelet. They don't rock around. Mine however, sure did. My solution to the problem was to extend the lower portion by butt welding a tab to it and drilling it to match the second hole which seems to work fine. Edit: I tried to post a pic of the solution but I kept getting the "missing security token" warning from the site. (What the heck is a security token anyhow?)
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