ford f150 tail gate hard to open?

You can remove the metal cover on the inside of the gate to get access to the handle. There are plastic clips that attach to each rod (one on each side) these may need to be opened up and adjusted. Sometimes the handle will bend the arms from corroding and you may be best replacing the handle at that point but you can try to lube it up and straighten out the arms. They are not very complicated, I've worked on several and this is a very common problem.

All you need to do is to lubricate the latch inside the tail gate, by removing the cover

Very common, The box cracks at the rear, The small pivots at the bottom break or wear out, Open the gate and have a real good look.

i might get on YouTube and seek from there. There frequently is a video, might no longer be precisely your truck, however the assy is frequently an identical. appears like its merely stickin. there's a returned panel which you will take off to get right of entry to each and all of the mechanisms and to lube them up. There might additionally be some worn teflon bushings too. wish this hels some.