I know this may seem odd, but I noticed when I put the tailgate down on my week old Longhorn, the tailgate cables were not even. Meaning, when the right cable is taut, the left cable has slack. This makes all the weight placed on the tailgate be supported by only the right cable. I tried putting weight on the left side to see if it was close to providing support/becoming taut and it wasn't close. I have not been to dealer yet, just seeing if this is common.
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Uneven tailgate cables?
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troutspinner
Ram Guru
It's because of the assist down damper. My neighbor's Ford didn't come with one so he installed one of those DZ's assists. After, his cable on the assist side has slack.
Diamondback
Ram Guru
I run into it all the time as well .. I have to pick like 3 or 4 different ones .. however, what I did notice it even if it shows the wrong search (for what you were looking for) there is a "Similar Threads" at the bottom .. I use that a lot too!
I have the same thing. Haven’t discussed with the dealership yet.
moosem
Ram Guru
Mine is the same way and I don't have dampers.
I can confirm it is not because of the damper. I switched cables from side to side (cables are identical in length). It's the welded in mounting points in the bed that are off. It's very common in the industry - I had a brand new Ranger as a rental in CO last week with the flimsiest tailgate I've ever run across. It had the exact same problem. I just laughed and shook my head.
troutspinner
Ram Guru
Interesting on not being the dampers. I always saw it as that as I seen how a DZ changed my neighbors. You'd think with the use of machines and robots that all of the weld locations would be perfect.
I searched on "tailgate cable length" and found this one:
Diamondback
Ram Guru
Nope .. it is standard .. I posted the FCA sheet somewhere on here (another post).
They say: swap cables and if the same cable is loose, change it out.
If the same side of the tailgate is loose (meaning no matter what cable you put on that loose side), a new cable will NOT fix it.
"apply weight to the tailgate, if the slack goes away, it is functioning properly"
... Engineers are aware of the complaints, and are working on a fix. Watch for a TSB later.
FCA CASE S1923000004 (released 07/10/2019)
They say: swap cables and if the same cable is loose, change it out.
If the same side of the tailgate is loose (meaning no matter what cable you put on that loose side), a new cable will NOT fix it.
"apply weight to the tailgate, if the slack goes away, it is functioning properly"
... Engineers are aware of the complaints, and are working on a fix. Watch for a TSB later.
FCA CASE S1923000004 (released 07/10/2019)
Aww Geez Edith . . . can't you see I'm watching the Game ? Hey Meathead, go have that looked at !
. . . and with that I'll call it a wrap on my very 1st post under my newly assumed name . . .
Diamondback
Ram Guru
EDITED 8-DEC-2019 due to latest Update (see next post)
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Diamondback
Ram Guru
Thank you .. I'll update our system at work as well since we hadn't seen the new release
Tim N
