O.T 2006 F150 tailgate

plow hand · Jun 20, 2014

My spring loaded tailgate on my F150 makes a loud awfull noise and binds.I lubed the lower pivots..ant ideas..thanks in advance..

Anonymous-0 · Jun 20, 2014

Spring loaded?

Do you have a picture?

4play · Jun 21, 2014

You might go ahead and remove the tailgate and make sure the hinge/pivots are lubed good. There is a torsion bar that runs the length of the tailgate from the LH side to RH side. On the very bottom of the tailgate on the RH side you should see a machine screw, this screw goes into a block to pinch the torsion bar in place. After loosening screw the torsion bar should remove out the LH hinge/pivot hole.

Does it feel like the torsion bar is assisting the tailgate? If not maybe the bar is broken, or the machine screw pinch bolt is loose and the bar is slipping in the block and making the noise. If the bar is broken, you can leave it out and have a normal tailgate. Replacing the torsion bar is easy, I have a trick to get the broken piece out, if needed I will post that after the reply.

red bearing · Jun 21, 2014

Thanks I'm going to take a closer look and I will
post back..I'm thinking if bar is broken I may
bypass torsion bar..

red bearing · Jun 21, 2014

I took tailgate off and lubed pivot points and took
that screw out and sprayed lube in machine screw
hole and left it out..It is quieter and doesnt seem
to bind up??

O.T 2006 F150 tailgate

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