We were told by friends before the cops pulled us over that we had a burned out tail light. We almost took our truck into the shop for this replacement but we decided to try it at home first. It was a simple job once we figured out about the posts holding the tail light assembly in place.
I thought I'd post pics so others can do this repair themselves with more confidence than we had.
First you have to remove the upper and lower bolt on the inside of the tailgate. The lower bolt hole is barely visible in the picture. Our light burned out on the passenger side so it's by the latch, not the hinge, of the tailgate. We added that reflector tape on the right side of the picture when we first bought the truck.
This plastic putty knife proved to be the perfect tool to carefully ease the light out of its tight hold.
We were told it was a delicate process to get the light out without breaking the posts that hold it in, so we took time to work the light out slowly by wiggling top and bottom of the tail light on the side of the truck.
I thought I'd post pics so others can do this repair themselves with more confidence than we had.
First you have to remove the upper and lower bolt on the inside of the tailgate. The lower bolt hole is barely visible in the picture. Our light burned out on the passenger side so it's by the latch, not the hinge, of the tailgate. We added that reflector tape on the right side of the picture when we first bought the truck.
This plastic putty knife proved to be the perfect tool to carefully ease the light out of its tight hold.
We were told it was a delicate process to get the light out without breaking the posts that hold it in, so we took time to work the light out slowly by wiggling top and bottom of the tail light on the side of the truck.
