How to Replace Tailgate Lift Support 1991-2001 Ford Explorer

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In this video, we are going to replace the tailgate supports struts on this '98 Explorer, same as any '95 to '01. The only tool you will need is a small flat blade screwdriver. Okay if you left supports are going bad than you are no stranger to this. The broom stick handles to hold up the tailgate. This is a pretty easy fix. Whatcha you want to do is take a screwdriver and put it in this little slot and pry this C-clamp out. And the same thing with the top one. So make sure you have your tailgate well supported, maybe even enlist the help of a friend. What you want to do is pry this C-clamp right out and you want to be lifting up on the tailgate some and pull it off. Get my stick back in here. Okay and the same thing down here. Pry off the clamp and pull it off. Here's the new one from 1A Auto and the original, all the same, just going to mount it up. Very easy to put it in, you want the narrow side down. Just a quick bang with your palm. Lift up on your tailgate. And there you go. Generally what happens with these is they warp in the summer, the gases are a little more active so they have the power to hold it up but in the winter you will find your tailgate starts sagging. So when that starts happening that's when you want to replace them.

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