Tailgate Damper……cons?

[KJRR]

Dave owns stock in a Velcro mining company.

I'm surprised he hasn't been pushing a specific brand of Velcro wrap.

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[Fordup]

I'm surprised he hasn't been pushing a specific brand of Velcro wrap.

If it needs velcro it should come with velcro.

 

[AzScorpion]

If it needs velcro it should come with velcro.

Shush you! ? Remember this is a gateway drug into buying more mods for your truck. First it's a damper then a velcro tie and then some Aerospace protectant to protect the velcro. This is textbook marketing.?

 

[Highlander]

Shush you! ? Remember this is a gateway drug into buying more mods for your truck. First it's a damper then a velcro tie and then some Aerospace protectant to protect the velcro. This is textbook marketing.?

Frank

 

[Fordup]

Shush you! ? Remember this is a gateway drug into buying more mods for your truck. First it's a damper then a velcro tie and then some Aerospace protectant to protect the velcro. This is textbook marketing.?

Ask @subquark, It did work for Soupie. You may be genius in disguise.

 

[Bob902]

 

[subquark]

Ask @subquark, It did work for Soupie. You may be genius in disguise.

You had me at damper ...

 

[canyonslicker]

Shush you! ? Remember this is a gateway drug into buying more mods for your truck. First it's a damper then a velcro tie and then some Aerospace protectant to protect the velcro. This is textbook marketing.?

The aerospace cleaner is nextzeztt cockpit cleaner… don’t accept that 303 crap…

 

[VegasP11]

Mine squeals like a wounded banshee when it is cold out.

 

[alcohenusa]

Mine squeals like a wounded banshee when it is cold out.

I thought mine was squealing as well, but it turned out to be the hinge on the left side….

Shot the hinge with spray lube and good to go.

 

[Cabose-1]

Yeah, mine squeals when its cold too. And the tailgate strut assist is chewing up my tailgate cable. But cant live without it now!

 

[AzScorpion]

Yeah, mine squeals when its cold too. And the tailgate strut assist is chewing up my tailgate cable. But cant live without it now!

Eli, you have to do the damper mod. Yes it sounds silly but there is a mod for a mod. Get a velcro tie and add a piece of black tape under it and it will keep it from binding between the damper and the body.

 

[Cabose-1]

Ill try it.

 

[miraculon]

I installed the dreaded "tailgate damper" on my '22 XLT yesterday. (there sure are a lot of amusing comments...) I had four previous Rangers without a damper of any kind.

Other than it seemed like a low-cost upgrade, I was concerned about accidental drops of the tailgate causing shock damage to the reversing camera.

I experienced the problem where the tailgate cable tends to go between the body and the damper housing.

I decided to try putting electrical "convoluted loom" over the gate cable. It is similar in concept to the "velcro" fix, but it seems to work very well. The OD of the loom is just large enough that it no longer gets trapped between the body and damper. I bought 1/4 inch loom by the foot at O'Rielly's. I bought four feet, but it was more than needed, 3' would have worked.

I'll post a couple of photos for reference.

UPDATE: The cable had a tendency to slip through the slit, so I replaced it with a different type of loom that wraps around the cable. "Alex Tech 10ft - 1/4 inch Cord Protector" from Amazon.

Greg

 

[Msfitoy]

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