Tailgate Removal
Tried to remove the tailgate on 2024 Chevy 2500HD. The B.U. Camera wire runs in above spare tire and is almost impossible to reach and disconnect without lowering the spare. In a different post, s...
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Yeah, might be stuck -- I'll lube it up a bit as suggested earlier too. I try to look over the tire and it's kinda blocked with wires. First thing I did was remove the plate, and it's still a tight squeeze. My 2015 HD had the disconnect in a different place, right beside the tire and it was easy to reach - it was about an inch and a half circle plug and cap. This 2024 is above the tire and about four inches long by 3/4 inch, and seems to have release clips on it. Quite different than I've seen. I'll try lubing it and lowering the tire a couple inches is all it needs to reach in - at least it looks that way. Thanks for the responses, both of you -- will let you know the outcome and try to get a couple photos ... Thx -- M44
BTW: I see you have Happi Jacks tie-downs - which I had for years, but just put Torklift on this time. What is that at the back - is that an antenna ... and what do you use it for?? Looks like a drop-in bed with a bed mat on top. I got the same thing .... that factory drop in slides stuff around easily - rubber bed mat works much better.
Hopefully after lowering the tire you'll be able to see where the wires actually run and if it is possible to relocate them to a more accessible spot.
Yep, HappiJacs on the truck, and I've had no issues with them. I use Torklift Fastguns to attach the camper. My bed is just a spray-in bed liner and a skid gard rubber mat. Along the rear I have two semi mud flaps slid in under the rubber mat to make the bed level. GM beds have a crown in them right about where the axle is so water drains to the front drains and out the back by the tailgate, this crown can allow the camper to rock on that high point and the mud flaps remove the taper. The Black Steel thing with rollers is a Camper Cradle used to perfectly center and hold the camper centered. The orange fiberglass rods are part of Camper Cradle and optional to help align the truck with the camper as you back in, I've since removed them and use them on my front receiver rack to mark its location out front.
The drop in bed came with the truck- Dealer said it had a bed liner, and I assumed "spray in" which I intended to get, but not the same. I may remove it after a while,, but will see how it handles first with the bed mat on it.
I can actually see the camera connector, but it's too tight to reach. That's why I tried to lower the tire, and found the lock stuck. So will get to that in the next few days and go from there. Will try WD40 first - it works on nearly every thing but dinner.
