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thank you sir and i also like your tag line. i agree completely.

I just updated the first post with the OD of the pipe. (APPROX 1 5/8"; I had to use a tape measure didn't have a micrometer) Hope it works out for you. Good luck

I bought Peel n Seel from Lowes and did the inside of the tailgate while I was in there. Now when you thump the tailgate is sounds more solid not hollow.

I am not sure the inside diameter. I will check when I get a chance. It was scrap they had lying around. I just lucked out. It was a snug fit and like I showed in the pictures I had to press it in. I also cut off a little piece of it to get the right length i wanted. I'll measure it later and...

Its cast. When mien started to go at first it had a lot of play too. I think one tab broke before the other. Then when it went I heard a pop and nothing but free spinning. The fix I came up with really doesn't take long and is pretty easy to do. The hard part is finding the correct size pipe...

8th and Last Now reinstall your new reinforced clutch to the window crank and there you have it. So if my fix works the way I hope you will now have a more durable window crank assembly. Like I said in the beginning, I just did mine so we will have to see how long it will last. Has to be...

7th Use a file to file down any excess pipe material around the tabs. This will allow you to fine tune the pipe to the clutch and smooth out your cuts. Once the tabs are done do the same to the base (horizontal cuts) of the pipe. You could use a grinder or something else if you like. I used a...

6th Ok we are back. Part has cured and time to do more work. Place the clutch in a vise and secure it snug. The flat part inside the clutch should be higher than the top edge of the vise. Use the saw zall two cut two cuts straight down through the pipe stopping at the flat part of the clutch...

5th Mix a little more JB Weld or if you had left over you are set. Flip the assembly over so that the clutch tabs are down. Now you will see there is a gap between the pipe and part of the clutch. Fill that gap with more JB Weld. This will help strengthen the clutch and bond the pipe to the...

4th Line the outside line on the pipe up with the outside line on the clutch and place the pipe onto clutch keeping these two lines lined up. Now slide the pipe down over the clutch till the top edge of the pipe is flush with the top edge of the clutch tabs. The two items should be flush at...

3rd Remove the pipe from the clutch. Mixed up some JB Weld. It will not take much, especially if you got a pipe that is a really snug fit. Now apply the JB Weld to the inside of the pipe between the line you made earlier (where the tabs will go).

2nd Place the clutch on the vise to hold it tabs up. Slide the pipe down around the clutch. Use a Sharpie or something to mark the inside of the pipe where the sides of the tabs are. Also, continue the line onto the top edge of the pipe. These lines will indicate where the JB Weld will go...

1st The clutch has a lip around the outer ring at the base of the tabs. Use the bench grinder to smooth this lip off. This will allow the pipe to slide down past this point where the lip is.

So My tailgate window was not rolling up or down without me pushing on the window to help. I replaced all the parts on the crank including the problematic clutch. My new clutch lasted a total of 9 days! Then both tabs broke off. Piece of @*&% Well the old clutch was still in tacked. Turnout not...