How to Replace Tailgate Cable 1999-2006 Chevy Silverado

Now to get started on replacing our tailgate cable right here, I like to prop it up a little bit. I'll use something nice and soft like wood. If you want to use a piece of cloth in between there to protect your paint, it's probably a great idea. The next thing we're gonna do is remove this bolt right here, which is holding this in. And then we'll go ahead up here. Almost out. There we go.

Just come up to this upper portion and you're gonna want to have something nice and flat like this, because if you get right behind here, you can bend up this tab, slide this, and unlock it. Perfect. So next, what we're gonna do is we're gonna take our bolt and the circled end of our cable. Slide it through just like this. Go ahead and start it in there and just snug it up. There we go. This can still pivot, that's very important.

Next, what we're gonna do is just lift up slightly on the tailgate, put this over the bobble there, lock it in, make sure it's completely locked. This needs to be locking it in. Give it a nice test. Perfect.