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Hi, I'm Mike from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we're going to show you tailgate handle replacement on this 1996 Ford Ranger, same as any '93 to '97 Ranger. Tools you'll need are a Phillips screwdriver, you might need a hammer as well as, you'll need a 10mm socket with a ratchet and extension.
See here, the handle on this truck is broken. To open it, you have to hold it a specific way to get the tailgate to come down. You'll want to remove a series of Phillips screws. First make sure you have a screwdriver with a good point on it, Phillips. I have the hammer, just in case, if you run in to one . this one is coming off easy . but if you were to run into one that didn't come off easy, what you can do is use the hammer, give a few taps. That sometimes helps in loosening it up. If it's really tough, you can actually use the hammer, put the screwdriver in, start twisting and tap at the same time that helps keep the screwdriver down in the screw and also helps loosen it up. It looks like mine are coming off pretty easy though. I'll fast forward here as I just remove those eight screws in all. Obviously this has a bed liner, yours may look a little different if you don't have the bed liner. Once you remove those, if you have a bed liner, now lift this up and off.
Now you can see there's a metal panel under here, just lift that up and put it right aside or put it in the bed for now. With that panel off, you can see what our handle does. It squeezes this mechanism together. What we're going to do is use some spray on penetrant and just oil the different parts to loosen everything up. Now, there are two 10mm nuts, one here and one right here. We'll remove those with a 10mm socket with a ratchet and the extension. Speed it up here again as I remove those two 10mm nuts. Now once your removed those nuts, the tailgate pull just comes right down and out.
Now you can see this part's broken right here. The new tailgate handle from 1A Auto has a nice finish with black. Obviously, the steel is not rusted and not broken. All you do is feed it right up in from the bottom, put it up in like that, and then rotate it until it goes into the holes. Just line up the studs and we'll start one of our nuts here. Fast forward a little bit, as all I'm doing here is actually getting those nuts started. I'm not tightening them up yet. Before we tighten it up, we'll lift it back up. There's really not a whole lot of adjustment but just make sure it looks straight enough for you. Tighten it up firm. Take the film off.
After hearing how bad those hinges were while I was editing this video, I made sure I put some grease on those hinges, but now just watch along. I put the plates back in place, use the screws, line them up a little bit, and then put the bed liner back in. I start all the screws first, get them all started, and then just go through and tighten them up.
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Hi, I'm Mike from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we're going to show you how to replace a tailgate handle on this '96 Ford pickup. It's pretty much the same for any '87 . '96 Ford F-150, 250, and even 350. Tools you'll need include T30 Torx driver as well as a 10mm socket with a ratchet and extension. This truck has a bed liner that uses Phillips screws, so if your truck has a bed liner in it you may need either a Phillips screwdriver or you may need some other tool depending on how your bed liner is held into the truck.
Start by opening your tailgate if you can. If your handle or mechanism is broken in a way that the tailgate won't open that's okay, you can just do these steps from the inside. This truck has a bed liner on it, so I'm using a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screws that are holding the bed liner to the tailgate. Some of these screws could be on there quite tough so you can see me bearing down quite a bit on some of them. Once I get those off I slip the bed liner off, and then there are four Torx screws still holding the access panel onto the bed.
If you don't have a bed liner you'll simply just have more of these screws holding the access panel on. Those screws are T30 Torx head screws, so I'd recommend a T30 Torx bit that you can put onto a ratchet handle. Once you get to this spot, if you haven't already gotten the tailgate open, you can open it just by squeezing here on this mechanism. You want to make sure this mechanism's all in good shape.
You're going to remove two 10mm nuts: one there and one there. Use a 10mm socket with an extension and a ratchet and the nuts come off. The handle just twists right down and out, and the new handle goes right back on in. Just make sure, as you put the handle up and in, lift up on the mechanism a little bit. Get the studs lined up and get the nuts on. With the tailgate up, just try and line the handle up as best you can. I'm just tightening up the nuts from the backside.
It's a good idea, while you're in here and have this opened up, to take some rust penetrant and spray all your mechanisms, then follow this up with a good coat of white grease. I'll speed up here again as I put the access plate back on. Again, my truck has a bed liner, so I put it on, put the four T30 Torx screws in first, tighten those up, then slip the bed liner cover over it and put the Phillips screws in. Again, depending on your bed liner, some of this hardware may be a little bit different but it should be basically the same idea.
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