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Rear Tailgate Support Cable

Post by countrywide » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:30 am

The rear tailgate passenger support cable snapped today and shot out. Not a massive job to fix and cost is around £20.00, but the wire strands are bloody sharp, so wouldn't want to be hit by the end of it. I will check the other one while I am about it.

Guy Salmon Portsmouth have ordered me one for tomorrow.



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Re: Rear Tailgate Support Cable

Post by PillowSmuggler » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:36 am

Blimmin eck Andy - what have you had on there to break it?
They seem so robust...mind you the tailgate latch actuator cable looked over-engineered too :?


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Re: Rear Tailgate Support Cable

Post by countrywide » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:41 am

The last thing SWMBO put on it was the dog, but he only weighs about 26kg. I will post a photo, but it looks like it was the end which locks into the mechanism has come snapped.

I think it is a fatigue snap where it goes into the mechanism.



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Re: Rear Tailgate Support Cable

Post by Non Stick Nick » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:45 am

Are you talking about the cables that support the tail gate when in th eopen position or the ones that operate the latch?
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Re: Rear Tailgate Support Cable

Post by countrywide » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:48 am

The support one's which run out to the edge of the tailgate.



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Re: Rear Tailgate Support Cable

Post by benp » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:59 pm

Blimey they should be quite hard to break i would have thought :shock:


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Re: Rear Tailgate Support Cable

Post by countrywide » Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:24 pm

It's a bit like a bike brake cable, the end of the wire goes into a lump of metal which is then slotted into the mechanism. It snapped just at this point, probably from the constant bending at this point.

I will take a photo and show you. Took the old one off, takes about 3 minutes as it is just two bolts and a clip on the tailgate end.



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Re: Rear Tailgate Support Cable

Post by Neild » Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:26 pm

When it snapped did the boot land on the bumber?


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Re: Rear Tailgate Support Cable

Post by countrywide » Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:03 pm

No, the other cable held it up otherwise I expect it would have done.



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Re: Rear Tailgate Support Cable

Post by Stu » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:11 pm

Mine has had slightly more than 26kg on it! :whistle:


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