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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => 73-87 Chevy & GMC Trucks => Topic started by: nucknoel89 on June 07, 2012, 07:50:42 pm
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Hey guys, I'm trying to get my stepside tailgate off but I can't figure out how. There's a bolt on each side where it pivots, but when I try to loosen them the round thing they're threaded into just spins. Any ideas?
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Is the part that spins look like it is suppose to be solid and the bolt unscrews from this piece ? Do you see where it has broke and is free now.
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Maybe you can tell from the pics. My tailgate is a bit haggered (taking it off to fix/customize it). This is the side that's more exposed. There's that groove that you see there and a small hole in the bottom of the tailgate. I thought maybe you're supposed to stick a screwdriver in the hole through to the groove to hold it but it didn't seem to help. I was planning to disassemble and put a new skin on it anyway, so I guess my last resort is to drill out the spot welds and take it off in pieces.
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c40/nucknoel89/Abbotsford-20120607-00042.jpg)
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c40/nucknoel89/Abbotsford-20120607-00043.jpg)
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you have to hold that part(trunnion) with a screwdriver or vise grips(if they fit) then turn the bolt out.put some nuts off on it also
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you have to hold that part(trunnion) with a screwdriver or vise grips(if they fit) then turn the bolt out.put some nuts off on it also
As jt1200r said, the trunnion needs to be held, usually a small pair of needle nose vise grips if they are really stuck works.