How To Replace Tailgate Handle Bezel 2007-13 Chevy Silverado
Created on: 2013-10-07
Watch this video from 1A Auto to see how you can replace the tailgate handle bezel on your 07-13 Chevy Silverado.
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step 1 :Removing the Tailgate Handle Bezel
- Remove the ten Phillips head screws from the tailgate panel
- Remove the two 13mm bolts from the tailgate panel
- Pull off the tailgate panel
- Remove the 13mm bolt from the tailgate
- Raise the tailgate
- Pry off the tailgate handle bezel with a flat blade screwdriver
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step 2 :Installing the Tailgate Handle Bezel
- Push the tailgate handle bezel into place
- Lower the tailgate
- Insert the 13mm bolt into the tailgate
- Put the tailgate panel into place
- Insert the 10 Phillips screws into the tailgate panel
- Insert the two 13mm bolts into the tailgate panel
Tools needed
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13mm Socket
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Ratchet
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the tailgate handle bezel on this 2011 Chevy Silverado 1500. Sometimes these bezels just crack or break. It's a pretty simple replacement. The only tools that you're going to need for this is a Phillips screwdriver and a 13 millimeter socket and ratchet, as well as a flat-blade screwdriver.
Using a Phillips screwdriver you want to remove these ten Phillips head bolts that line this tailgate panel, and also you want to remove these two 13 millimeter bolts here. We'll just fast-forward as he removes all of these. Now, with all of those removed, you can remove that tailgate panel, and then you just want to remove this one 13 millimeter bolt right here.
Once that's removed, you want to put your tailgate up. Now you want to stick a flat-blade screwdriver behind the bezel and just pry it out. It should come right off.
To install your new one, you just want to put the handle up inside the bezel. You want to run the lock through the square on the handle, and then just push that bezel into place. On the other side of the tailgate, you want to replace that 13-millimeter bolt. Now you want to take your tailgate panel and put that back into place. We'll fast-forward as he replaces the 10 Phillips head bolts and the two 13 millimeter bolts.
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