The photo tells it all, I assume this is a common problem with the lower tailgate cable things eventually fraying to a point of breakage, as I discovered today while positioning my rear end gently on the open tailgate..

Made a horrible sound, the tailgate that is...

Wonder how much this little cable and spring affair is going to set me back..

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the L322 tailgate straps break because of rust on the cables but i've not come across the L405 cords breaking.. ... - .- -.




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Yep, just my luck, and we hardly suffer from rust in my neck of the woods.. I've removed all the bits and pieces that makes up this little affair, sadly its not just a matter of replacing the cable as the cable glands on either end are too big to fit through the spring and shiny pieces, so clearly supplied as a fully assembled part, including that expensive looking chromed bit..

Probably going to have to wait 2 months for this part to get to our shores..

Go figure...

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''Probably going to have top wait 2 months for this part to get to our shores.. ''


plenty of time to loose some weight..







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True that Stan, my wife would agree…!!

I'd be thinking that a control cable supplier / maker could replace the broken cable fairly inexpensively. Got to be worth asking the question?

Chris

True, thank you very much for the suggestion Happydaze , did not even cross my mind... I'm going to go to JLR and see what these things cost just for kicks, but thankfully have found a control cable manufacturer 15 minutes away that 'hopefully' can do this for me, certainly looking at their website I would guess this is pretty doable..

I have stripped out the good unit on the left side of the tailgate so we can match for length, which is important as there is a stopper in there preventing the tailgate from dropping too low..

I've got one of those boring bar holders.

Happydaze wrote:

I'd be thinking that a control cable supplier / maker could replace the broken cable fairly inexpensively. Got to be worth asking the question?

Chris

Chris I am in your debt..

JLR quoted me the equivalent of £50.00 plus 21 working days to get one over the pond since there is nothing locally available..

Control cable manufacturer took one look at it, told me to come back 2.5 hours later to collect new item, £4.00 all in..

Can hardly argue that, was an absolute pleasure, now to fit it all back..

Buy 2 if 1 has failed the other could be next  2018 SE SDV8 4.4 Byron Blue

absolute bargain..well done..  ... - .- -.




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Kot wrote:

Buy 2 if 1 has failed the other could be next

KurtVerbose wrote:

I've got one of those boring bar holders.

Yep, hobby of mine, Tim the toolman..

Was getting ready to do a small boring job for a friend, this is my setup, purely hobby nothing work related in here..

Nice. You should post it up in the Garage Workshop thread.

Interesting thread thanks for sharing!

I was wondering the other day what the load weight limit on the lower tailgate actually is?

Compared to the L322 I was quite surprised at how fragile the L405 lower tailgate cables look on my new to me 405! Current
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