Loved this mod to death but today when I was closing my tailgate it snapped right off. Thinking if it's a fluke I'll order another. Anyone else have this happen to them. Only had it on for a few weeks.
I bought one for myself, and then bought one for my brother.
He showed his F150 buddy what these things are like, and I think he is going to get me to order one from Andrew too.
I've had mine on for a month+ now and haven't had any issues at all.
At first I thought I just bought it because I was bitten with this forums mod bug, but have to say I've found it quite handy on more than one occasion.
Even my wife (who laughed at me when I told her what I was buying) has agreed that it was well worth the money.
I had my travel trailer hooked up to my truck and my wife was getting into the back of the truck, and the gate slipped from her hand. The DeeZee slowed it right down to a crawl and saved it from smashing into my travel trailers raising and lowering handle.
I was the OP on this thread and just for the record, the replacement they sent me has performed flawlessly leading me to believe that the one that broke was indeed just a fluke.
How much noise does everyones tailgate assist make? I thought they were almost silent, but mine is quite loud. Sound of air pushing out can be heard for some distance. Wondering if the shock has broken a gasket seal or something or is that normal?
It seems to come down at normal speed for the Deezee from what I can see on youtube but the sounds of compressed air being released during the tailgate descent is significant. I have to think something is not right.