Tailgate extremely hard to open/close... Bent? What to do?
12-23-2003, 07:22 PM
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Re: Tailgate extremely hard to open/close... Bent? What to do?
How did you knock the pins out. A hammer and a punch or a press?
Mike
98 TJ SE
jeepworm2000@yahoo.com wrote:
>i had the same problem on my '00 tj. i removed the tail gate and knocked
>the pins out of the hinges, found the pins rusted. i wsed some emery cloth
>to remove the rust. then coated them with some never-seize, put them back
>together and reinstalled them on the tj. i now hav a free operating
>tailgate
>
>
Mike
98 TJ SE
jeepworm2000@yahoo.com wrote:
>i had the same problem on my '00 tj. i removed the tail gate and knocked
>the pins out of the hinges, found the pins rusted. i wsed some emery cloth
>to remove the rust. then coated them with some never-seize, put them back
>together and reinstalled them on the tj. i now hav a free operating
>tailgate
>
>
12-23-2003, 07:22 PM
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Re: Tailgate extremely hard to open/close... Bent? What to do?
How did you knock the pins out. A hammer and a punch or a press?
Mike
98 TJ SE
jeepworm2000@yahoo.com wrote:
>i had the same problem on my '00 tj. i removed the tail gate and knocked
>the pins out of the hinges, found the pins rusted. i wsed some emery cloth
>to remove the rust. then coated them with some never-seize, put them back
>together and reinstalled them on the tj. i now hav a free operating
>tailgate
>
>
Mike
98 TJ SE
jeepworm2000@yahoo.com wrote:
>i had the same problem on my '00 tj. i removed the tail gate and knocked
>the pins out of the hinges, found the pins rusted. i wsed some emery cloth
>to remove the rust. then coated them with some never-seize, put them back
>together and reinstalled them on the tj. i now hav a free operating
>tailgate
>
>
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