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Doublepumper · 10-02-2023, 12:42 PM

I want to install a set of tailgate hook retaining springs. Not sure how they are supposed to be orientated. Can someone explain or show a photo of how these are intended to be installed?
Thanks

GB SISSON · 10-02-2023, 08:15 PM

I have never heard of such a thing, but I sure could use some. Even though I insert the hook from below the eye (like a fish hook) and flip them, they rarely survive my steep and rutted 1/2 mile gravel road. At least one of them is unhooked when I get home from town. You have a picture of these things?

Bob C · 10-02-2023, 08:28 PM

Never heard of them but here you go. https://cgfordparts.com/catalogsearc...t/?q=46-830824
Doesn't show how they are installed.

Bob C · 10-02-2023, 09:56 PM

Found some pictures.

GB SISSON · 10-02-2023, 10:48 PM

Thank you Bob, but still not quite getting how they work. When I have a critical load like 25 sheets of 3/4" maple plywood I hook bungees from the eye of the hook down to my back bumper. The tonner pickups will haul full sheets of plywood with the gate shut. This spring affair would be a better look and always at the ready.

pistonbroke · 10-03-2023, 07:51 AM

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Had these on my 36 dodge ,I thought they were a dodge part. They work great. They make the hook into a closed loop. They are simple when you look at one in place but hard to explain over the wire, Tim

Kube · 10-03-2023, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by GB SISSON

Thank you Bob, but still not quite getting how they work. When I have a critical load like 25 sheets of 3/4" maple plywood I hook bungees from the eye of the hook down to my back bumper. The tonner pickups will haul full sheets of plywood with the gate shut. This spring affair would be a better look and always at the ready.

Hey GB,
Look closely at the spring and you should (I hope) be able to see the spring that closes the "loop". Simple in theory and actual use.

38bill · 10-03-2023, 12:31 PM

Do you just use your thumb to move the spring to open?

GB SISSON · 10-03-2023, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Kube

Hey GB,
Look closely at the spring and you should (I hope) be able to see the spring that closes the "loop". Simple in theory and actual use.

Thanks Kube! Now I get it completely. I think Bill is correct in just springing the free end (looks like a cotter pin) sideways with your thumb.

Doublepumper · 10-03-2023, 01:06 PM

I also appreciate the info. I was trying to install them all wrong.

Kube · 10-03-2023, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 38bill

Do you just use your thumb to move the spring to open?

Exactly!

38bill · 10-03-2023, 01:57 PM

Were those stock from the factory? I've looked at a lot of pickup but can't say I've ever seen them before.

Kube · 10-03-2023, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 38bill

Were those stock from the factory? I've looked at a lot of pickup but can't say I've ever seen them before.

Rest assured they were stock. This truck was restored to the most exacting standards of authenticity.

38bill · 10-03-2023, 05:07 PM

No issues with your work Kube, I was just wondering if they all came that way or if it was an option. I wonder why they are not seen more often now?

Doublepumper · 10-03-2023, 06:31 PM

Hooks don't pop off anymore. Thanks for the help.

DavidG · 10-03-2023, 07:57 PM

They became standard equipment with the 1933 model trucks with tailgate bodies.

Lawson Cox · 10-03-2023, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidG

They became standard equipment with the 1933 model trucks with tailgate bodies.

Great call Dave. Talk about minitua!

petehoovie · 10-03-2023, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Doublepumper

Hooks don't pop off anymore. Thanks for the help.

Kube · 10-03-2023, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lawson Cox

Great call Dave. Talk about minitua!

David and I have "issues"

V8COOPMAN · 10-03-2023, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Lawson Cox

Talk about minitua!

"MINUTIA" (The correct spelling constitutes MORE minutia.)

Coop

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10-02-2023, 12:42 PM	#1
Doublepumper Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: WA-OR, USA Posts: 102	Tailgate Hook Retaining Springs I want to install a set of tailgate hook retaining springs. Not sure how they are supposed to be orientated. Can someone explain or show a photo of how these are intended to be installed? Thanks __________________ Ever stop to think and forget to start again?

10-02-2023, 08:15 PM	#2
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 6,202	Re: Tailgate Hook Retaining Springs I have never heard of such a thing, but I sure could use some. Even though I insert the hook from below the eye (like a fish hook) and flip them, they rarely survive my steep and rutted 1/2 mile gravel road. At least one of them is unhooked when I get home from town. You have a picture of these things? __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

10-02-2023, 08:28 PM	#3
Bob C Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: So Cal Posts: 9,599	Re: Tailgate Hook Retaining Springs Never heard of them but here you go. https://cgfordparts.com/catalogsearc...t/?q=46-830824 Doesn't show how they are installed.

10-02-2023, 10:48 PM	#5
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 6,202	Re: Tailgate Hook Retaining Springs Thank you Bob, but still not quite getting how they work. When I have a critical load like 25 sheets of 3/4" maple plywood I hook bungees from the eye of the hook down to my back bumper. The tonner pickups will haul full sheets of plywood with the gate shut. This spring affair would be a better look and always at the ready. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

10-03-2023, 07:51 AM	#6
pistonbroke Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Perry Mo. Posts: 838	Re: Tailgate Hook Retaining Springs Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Had these on my 36 dodge ,I thought they were a dodge part. They work great. They make the hook into a closed loop. They are simple when you look at one in place but hard to explain over the wire, Tim

10-03-2023, 12:31 PM	#8
38bill Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,207	Re: Tailgate Hook Retaining Springs Do you just use your thumb to move the spring to open?

10-03-2023, 01:06 PM	#10
Doublepumper Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: WA-OR, USA Posts: 102	Re: Tailgate Hook Retaining Springs I also appreciate the info. I was trying to install them all wrong. __________________ Ever stop to think and forget to start again?

10-03-2023, 01:57 PM	#12
38bill Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,207	Re: Tailgate Hook Retaining Springs Were those stock from the factory? I've looked at a lot of pickup but can't say I've ever seen them before.

10-03-2023, 05:07 PM	#14
38bill Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,207	Re: Tailgate Hook Retaining Springs No issues with your work Kube, I was just wondering if they all came that way or if it was an option. I wonder why they are not seen more often now?

10-03-2023, 07:57 PM	#16
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,670	Re: Tailgate Hook Retaining Springs They became standard equipment with the 1933 model trucks with tailgate bodies.