DeeZee damper install question

[beaquel]

When I close the tailgate, the retention cable folds in half and then gets pinched in between the body panel and the DeeZee damper. How do I prevent this?

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[KJRR]

you came to the right place!
check out the damper mods thread. We have a solution for you.

And welcome to the club!
Hold on, I'll get you the t-shirt

 

[AzScorpion]

When I close the tailgate, the retention cable folds in half and then gets pinched in between the body panel and the DeeZee damper. How do I prevent this?

Welcome to the club and yes there's a mod for that! Just follow the link that my CEO @KJRR posted and it's the very first mod that will take care of this along with a whole bunch of cool mods. Here's your complimentary t shirt. ?


Edit: My CFO Terry @FoD must still be busy clamping his ham? This is in reference to the jokes section for those who haven't seen it.

 

[KJRR]

Thanks @AzScorpion , I seem to have misplaced the shirts. I only had the old version.

 

[AzScorpion]

Thanks @AzScorpion , I seem to have misplaced the shirts. I only had the old version.

Yeah the old one wasn't PC enough for some so this one is a better fit. I'll have to send you another case. ?

 

[FoD]

When I close the tailgate, the retention cable folds in half and then gets pinched in between the body panel and the DeeZee damper. How do I prevent this?

One of the non recommended fixes is to do one shorter cable so that the other is slack. There might be a several page thread on it and it is mind numbingly fantastical. I'll link that thread if I find it.

I think one of the real fixes was to use a Velcro strap as a cable spacer, recommended by Dave @AzScorpion.

I was just kidding with the first paragraph, but the thread is real...

 

[FoD]

Here it is https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/one-tailgate-cable-is-slack-when-tailgate-is-down.10932/

best read since war and peace was a comic book!?

 

[Floyd]

I experienced the same thing. I simply "trained" the cable to fold to the other side of the strongarm.
It took only a couple of minutes to repeatedly fold the cable to the inside as I closed it.
I did this about 8 or 10 times and it now goes that way naturally.

 

[NeptuneRanger]

I’m with Floyd on this, don’t over think it. Maybe create a training wheel for the cable to establish memory. Cut a large straw about three inches long, or perhaps a clear air tube. Slit it, put it on the cable near the top, as you close tailgate the slack won’t bow out so hopefully will train the cable inward. Just a thought.

 

[Texasota]

I can’t believe how high maintenance these dang things are and folks keep installing them! Maybe there is an opportunity here for an entrepreneur to open a damper maintenance/training business.

 

[FoD]

I can’t believe how high maintenance these dang things are and folks keep installing them! Maybe there is an opportunity here for an entrepreneur to open a damper maintenance/training business.

Or a 1 step program:
Install and over it.

 

[FoD]

Or a 1 step program:
Install and over it.

But, on the inside covering it says, "installation may cause disagreemet"

 

[AzScorpion]

But, on the inside covering it says, "installation may cause disagreemet"

You ordered the wrong one, it should've had this on the inside. ?

 

[FoD]

You ordered the wrong one, it should've had this on the inside. ?

No, I got the right one, except it has

which is about 109.8

 

[TVRangerSTX]

Has anyone noticed any kinks in their tailgate cable on the damper side? I've had mine on for a long time, and today noticed a kink in the cable, on the damper side, and the cable is slack. The opposite side is taut. Don't like this.
When I slowly closed the tailgate it seemed the cable was kinking at the damper shaft/cylinder area, which is about the center of the cable as seen in the pic. I'm sure there is only one way to install it, but now am wondering if the cable kinking is a design flaw or something else and happens every time you close the tailgate.

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