Tail gate shock lowering danger

I have a 2005, 282 HP 4.7L i-Force V8 w/VVT-i Engine. Bought it new, has very low mileage and love it. The way the tailgate “drops” when opening has become a hazard to myself and others. Please recommend some sort of shock assist in the lowering of the tailgate. My research has turned up nothing for this year, make and model. Thanks much.

 

Keeping you hand on it works well.

 

Crazy that people haven't died from them since the 40's.

Look up Dee Zee tailgate assist.

 

Get a gym membership and use it frequently.

 

The real danger is that I've gotten so accustomed to my tailgate that every other tailgate I open becomes a hazard. I pop the lever and let go.....BANG.

 

I was showing off my 2007 the night I bought it and knew about the damper, I popped the tailgate and it slammed down. Apparently the shock can wear out..

 

My 2010 just stopped working last week

 

Haha me too. I did that to my friends Ram. He’s like “dude!”. Sorry bro lol I’m spoiled!

 

I do it all the time on my buddies trucks lol.

 

I do that all the time. Loading up a customer, BAM sorry.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Toyota-Tundra-Tailgate-Lift-Support/dp/B0722RBSL1

 

I do it on friends trucks, work trucks, all of the above. My brain can't process it fast enough, I know I'm doing it the second I let go of the handle. I can't ever have a standard tailgate again.

 

I’ve done this so often haha

 

I had the same problem when the wife made us go to a soft-close toilet seat.. I was banging toilet seats all over the place...

 

I've got that problem too.... no tailgate, toilet seat, cabinet, or drawer is safe around me anymore....

 

I blew my Damper out by putting a 1/4" Rubber Mat on the Tailgate. Didn't take it long to do it in. Bought one from E-Bay at Lift Supports .com, it's American Made and replaces , OEM Stock item # PM 7066. Cost me $60.

 

Welcome from CO!

 

Trying to figure out what the motor has to do with the tailgate?

 

Probably just trying to give us some history on the truck so you no it’s not a falling apart piece of shit? LOL

 

Lmao

Still do this in every other bathroom in the house besides ours.

 

Yeah bud. Nothing fits our 1st Gens in regards to the slow strut. I’ve looked in the past and even tried to conjure up how to retrofit one, but its too tight a space to fit the strut body. Only thing I can think is to cut out a section of the gate frame side rib and mount the closer inside the gate itself.

Alas, too much work.

 

Glad you concur with this problem. Thanks.