PyRo_ZaCh Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 today i went to open the tail gate of my '93 f-150 and the left hindge broke off at a round part that i'm guessing goes around some kind of bering, was wondering if this has happend to any one else, is it possible to weld back on, and since the tail gate was alreading staring to rust at the bottom does any one on here have one in good shape that they would want to sell or know of some place to find one, already checked e-bay(not much luck there), its too bad this couldent of happend before the junk yard had the 25 cents for any part sale a couple weeks ago. Quote
Fireman-hott Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 doesn't the tailgate just slide right back on there. I can take my Titans off and the hinges, same with the Ranger when I still had it and I think my dads 94 f150 will do the same. He has 40k miles on it and bought it brand new backin 94 can you believe that shit. Quote
NugShee Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 Ya, take a better look at it. If you lower the tailgate about half way down and pull out on it it will just come right off. I also wanted to bring up to things that came to mind when reading your post. If you cant just look at it and tell what happenned then you probably arent the one that should fix it. Take it to a shop or have a buddy fix it for you. Also If you arent so mechanically inclined perhaps you should think about getting rid of the Ford and getting a Toyota or something Foriegn. I got rid of my 93 F150 for that reason. I can work on them but I got tired of having to do it so often. Good luck to you Quote
PyRo_ZaCh Posted December 19, 2004 Author Report Posted December 19, 2004 i can see exactaly what happend, i think i would be able to fix it myself if i got both pieces off and just welded them back together, but it has a few dents and the bottom is starting to rust so i figure it would be best just to get a new one, its slides off like you said but i'm not sure what you ment by that because i can tell it broke just by comparing it to the other side. as far as working on it its just been minor things lately that i've fixed mostly myself, but i'm guessin the best thing to do is buy a new tailgait have it painted professionly then put it on Quote
NugShee Posted December 20, 2004 Report Posted December 20, 2004 one side has a slot where it slides out the other side does not. Once you get one side pulled out you can move the tailgate a few inches to the other direction then the other side will come off. Dont know if that makes any since to you but good luck Quote
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