suburbandit
Junior Member
- Joined
- Jan 20, 2023
- Posts
- 4
- Reaction score
- 19
- Location
- California
- First Name
- Aaron
- Truck Year
- 1990
- Truck Model
- V2500
- Engine Size
- 350
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!
I pulled out the whole regulator with motor (and the latch mechanism since it's iffy on whether it works or not).
Other than being really dirty (open to tips on cleaning it as well) it's in good shape. But the motor casing is pretty rusted.
Should I just hook up the motor pins to the battery and see if it moves? Doesn't seem like the best approach...
Also maybe asking these questions is best done in a new thread? Thanks in advance!
I live downtown in a tiny apartment. Doesn't give me a lot of room to work on my burb but no one has complained the couple of times I've commandeered a car port to take things apart.
Thanks for the tip! One of the first things I did was bypass the tailgate-closed switch per some threads I found on this forum. Unfortunately it wasn't that switch. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to test whether the motor is bad?
I pulled out the whole regulator with motor (and the latch mechanism since it's iffy on whether it works or not).
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Other than being really dirty (open to tips on cleaning it as well) it's in good shape. But the motor casing is pretty rusted.
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Should I just hook up the motor pins to the battery and see if it moves? Doesn't seem like the best approach...
Also maybe asking these questions is best done in a new thread? Thanks in advance!
). Thanks for the offer though, I appreciate it! The one you linked from summit racing looks very similar to the suburban one but it's listed as fitting "Chrysler, Dodge, Eagle, Plymouth" so I'm not sure whether it would work on the suburban regulator. If I enter my make and model on Summit and search for tailgate or motor I only get front and side window motors, no tailgates 
