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Well as it turns out when I bought my tailgate that had the factory tire carrier it had a factory regulator. I don't know why I never thought of it before. Anyway I went and took a nap earlier after duck hunting (last day of the season) and when I woke up I decided to give it a shot.
It...
As I laid in bed last night I brainstormed about how I could go about this. I think you would have to shell out a lot of money to someone who did custom work in order to get it done and have it look clean.
I've also thought about getting some tubing and fabbing up a frame and then have someone...
Well just when I thought the last one set a record this one goes and beats it!
First I called a few machine shops and finally got a guy in Houston that specializes in making gears. He told me that the making a gear would probably be somewhere between high and expensive. But even then he...
I received a new unit from LMC truck and what I'm going to do is take the gear out of it and then have a gear shop hear in Houston quote me a new one. If anyone needs one I will be making about twenty. I had the old gear out in all of ten minutes using a dremel tool and installing the new one...
I may take the new one to a machine shop and see if they can make a new gear. I'm sure it's a real simple one to make. Just make it out of some much stronger steel. Then just press and rivet it all back together.
Ever since I got my M1009 I've had problems with the rear glass. First it didn't have any so I got it replaced. Then the regulator wasn't working right and kept skipping and not wanting to move the window up and down. So I ordered a new regulator from LMC Truck and installed it. At first it...