Thread: Broken d4/3 Tailgate Actuator (upper) wanted

As well as my EAS emergency air kit, installing a manual override on the tailgate release is another project I want to get done. I've read the post on the failure of this bit of kit and it would be a real PITA if it went with my fridge slide/drawer rack installed. I actually thought it had finally happened when I was installing my reversing camera the other day. Turned out I hadn't reconnected the electrical connector between the switch and actuator. Luckily the panel on the tailgate was still off and I could crawl in to the back and reconnect it from the inside! Try the guys at Triumph Rover Spares in SA, they might have a knackerd one. Will be interested to see what you come up with.

Prior to throwing away my bits I have taken some photos to show what to try to do to fix a sluggish actuator.

The hole is drilled in the back of the case, the side up against the steel mounting plate, there are two probe holes there. Drill directly between them to a depth of 8 mm, 9.5 mm would be too far and probably hit the commutator.

The hole should be just big enough to fit a extension tube through that comes with your contact cleaner, but no bigger than 2.25 mm.

Give it a spray with contact cleaner and see if it works, it may take a few cycles to get working as new, that certainly the case when I cleaned up the brushes in my passenger side door actuator. A spray of wd40 afterwards may help preserve the life of the bush at the back of the motor but maybe I'm over thinking it.

If anyone gives this a try please let me know how it goes, with some very careful measuring it could almost be done through the tailgate with ever decreasing hole sizes.