Topic: Tailgate torsion bar

[letsndy]

where do i find this? i cant seem to find a place to buy one. getting sick of this heavy thing lol.
is it hard to do?

[Didit]

http://www.pickupspecialties.com/tailgate_stuff/tailgate_easy_lift.htm

[Fowlhunter]

I purchased mine from autoanything for something like $19.?? but now I can't find it.   
I found another site though, someone may chime in here with even a better price so hang tight!!

http://www.truckspecialties.com/easylift.htm

[Donnie1]

Dang, and I just saw on eof these hanging on a shelf somewhere. Maybe Autozone? I think the going price is right around $20.

[Troublemaker]

It's a 2-man job, unless you can lift the tailgate alone, and "twist" it back into place once the torsion bar is installed.

My son helped me with mine, and I'm glad he did!

[letsndy]

I purchased mine from autoanything for something like $19.?? but now I can't find it.   
I found another site though, someone may chime in here with even a better price so hang tight!!

http://www.truckspecialties.com/easylift.htm

its says excluding the avalanche though

[Fowlhunter]

its says excluding the avalanche though

Yeah, don't pay any attention to that.  We did two of the tailgate torsion bar mods (one on my girlfriends AV and one on mine) at Bratfest this year.  We used three guys, two to hold the tailgate and one to insert the bar in the bottom of it.
This is an awesome mod!!!!!   

[oHIobellboy]

its says excluding the avalanche though

You just have to cut 3/4" of the one end to make it work.

[Troublemaker]

You just have to cut 3/4" of the one end to make it work.

Also the hole to drill in the bottom of the tailgate is either 1/2" closer to the driver, or 1/2" closer to the passenger (can't remember!!)

Best thing to do (what I did) is to use the actual torsion bar as the "template" before taking the tailgate off, to mark the "tailgate hole", then measure up from the bottom of the tailgate (I used the "hinge" as my starting point) to where the yellow line was painted on the torsion bar to drill my "frame hole".

The hole I drilled in the bottom of my tailgate was just to the right (passenger side) of the center-most "rivet".

[letsndy]

is there a write up for this? im not to handy when it comes to this stuff i would hate to mess it up.