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Install this torsion bar between your truck bed and tailgate to make it easy for you to raise and lower the tailgate on your truck. The EasyLift ensures controlled movement so that you can access your truck bed with just one hand.
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Relieve strain while lifting or lowering your tailgate with this easy-to-install torsion bar. The bar installs between the truck bed and the tailgate, allowing it to work with truck toppers, tonneau covers, and even spray-on and plastic bed liners. You will be able to lift your tailgate with ease because the torsion bar makes your 30- or 40-lb tailgate feel like it weighs just 4 to 7 lbs.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (541 Customer Reviews)
Install this torsion bar between your truck bed and tailgate to make it easy for you to raise and lower the tailgate on your truck. The EasyLift ensures controlled movement so that you can access your truck bed with just one hand.Works very well. I purchased this because im getting older and i still open and close my tailgate regularly at my job. This thing is great.
glad to get it,as my tailgate is HEAVY,will install this weekend.Looking forward to the easy lifting.
Steve T.
3/11/2024
Still works like a charm , and its been used a lot .
The EasyLift truck bed tailgate lift assist works amazingly well at reducing the effort needed to open and close the truck tailgate. I would recommend an assistant to help with reinstalling the tailgate after removing and drilling the necessary hole. Rod placement and alignment are difficult to accomplish alone. Future tailgate removal and reinstallation will also be much more difficult without assistance.
I'm well pleased with the Hopkins EasyLift. Installed and working as expected.
Ed
4/25/2024
Still working as expected. No problems. Have shown it to others.
I have a 96 f150. I am not kidding. It turned my 100 pound tailgate into a feather.
Hayden
2/6/2024
After a year of having this installed the company reached out to ask me how it’s working. I have no complaints and have never been happier with my tailgate. My wife used to ask me to lift the gate for her but now she lifts it with one hand easily. I can lift it with my strongest finger. The middle one.
Mike L.
2/6/2024
Works great, easy enough to install if you're brave enough to drill into the bed/tailgate of your truck.
Tailgate can be lifted and lowered with a single finger.
You'll need a friend to help you put the tailgate back on.
Follow the layout instructions, use the template guide, and put anti-seize on the holes you drilled!
love this, makes it so easy to lower and lift a heavy tailgate!
I do not typically write reviews-pro or con. This product, however, so over delivered that I felt it deserved some good attention. I had seen the other products that use a gas strut, but that only aids in lowering the tailgate and does nothing to help in lifting. Well, this product helps in both directions. I mean it REALLY helps. I can now lift the tailgate with two fingers-really, no exaggeration.
Finally, don’t be a moron like me and try to reinstall it alone. The reinstallation really is a two person job. I wish I had purchased this long ago. Get it!!
Very satisfied with the product. I have s 2004 F250 SuperDuty and the tailgate is extremely heavy. The Hopkins Easylift has made our tailgate much easier to open and close. Thank you.
I had my doubts but it works great on my 2006 Toyota Tundra. It opens and closes with just two fingers. The assembly does require two people install thou.
Vince C.
12/30/2023
Still working great even after 1 year of using it!
Stills working great after the first year. It is such a great help in lifting this old heavy tailgate that I would replace it yearly if I had to……T
Terry
10/22/2023
Still working great. I have forgotten that it’s even there. Stil takes close to half the weight of my heavy tailgate. Great product!!!! …….T
Mike L.
11/10/2023
Had this truck for and hated the heavy tailgate for 25 years. 1995 GMC Sierra 2wd 1,500, short bed, standard width (not step side.) I wish I’d known about this torsion bar years ago. So very simple to install. Maybe an older product version had different template design, but this one I purchased Nov 2019 has absolutely correct hole placement. FOLLOW THE TEMPLATE & INSTRUCTIONS EXACTLY!!!
I read the reviews stating incorrect hole location for their model. One was a Dodge saying A side hole was wrong. My template had a different location for Dodge marked same as that customers final install hole. Another stated B hole was off and recommended using the bar as the template, but I bet he drilled B location for the torsion bar installed at a straight up into the tailgate 90 degree. The design is for the bar to go into the tailgate and then slide toward the passenger side until the white mark on the B side is at the hole in the tailgate. If it’s only installed straight up, then it can work itself downward with road vibration falling out of the tailgate completely or partially causing damage when it’s next opened. I also suspect this is the cause for the review of torsion bar imprinting the outer skin of the tailgate, it was not fully inside the tailgate to that white paint mark on the torsion bar. Also I noticed the tailgate didn’t lay fully down as mentioned by other reviews, until I moved the bar fully in to the B side white mark. THERSE ISSUES ARE ONLY IF ONE OVERTHINKS THE INSTALL DIRECTIONS & TEMPLATE AND DECIDES THEY ARE INCORRECT. SAVE YOURSELF FROM PROBLEMS WITH FUNCTION AND EXTRA HOLES DRILLED. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS FOR YOUR TRUCK MODEL NO MATTER IF YOU ARE SURE THEY ARE WRONG. I’m 47, disabled, multiple level spinal injury and advanced carpal tunnel in both wrist. I was able to install this with my cordless drill. On my 95 GMC, the torsion bar was a very snug fit behind the drivers side tailgate pivot hinge. It would not go into its final location without some persuasion. I followed install directions exactly. I liberally coated all torsion bar to truck metal contact points with very thick grease. It functions very smooth, quiet, and it’s like I’m opening the tailgate on a $75k 2019 Denali. I have absolutely nothing negative to say except mad at myself I didn’t do this years ago. I recommend this to everyone. The torsion bar helps you lift the tailgate to close and supports the weight on the way down. The hydraulic assist struts only slow the drop, they do not help with lifting the tailgate to close. The torsion bar does both.
Easy to install and now my tailgate feels like it weighs nothing. Installed on an 02 Silverado 2500.
Put this on a F250 Super Duty; Directions only showed for F150 but same template was applicable. Installation was successful and a big difference. Very happy with the outcome. Doesn’t operate without any effort but strain is significantly reduced. Simple installation-took about 30 minutes. Did everything by myself except remounting the tailgate. Got help from another 70+ year old so two old men managed it.
This is a simple solution & makes a big difference. The torsion rod is easy to install once the tailgate is off. Not sure how many pounds of effort it removes from raising the tailgate, but it's quite noticable.
I was rear-ended shortly after installing it. The product survived the accident and it was reinstalled with a fresh tailgate, no problem.
Only negative is that it squeaks while in use.
Super Fast!! Very pleased, hope to install this weekend. Does not appear to be very complicated.
Highly recommend this business.
Gary
2/23/2024
Wife loves it..need I say more!!
Mike L.
2/23/2024
Installed per instructions. Tailgate was quite heavy as I held one side and my helper thread the gate and bar together tilting the gate at proper angles. 4X4 2500... this isn't easily done. Afterwards the Tailgate was easier to lift but sure not worth the effort. Would not recommend this product to anyone who owns a nice truck, a work beater maybe. Took it off immediately as the gate end dented out and friction exerted on the hinges made them creaky. Took it off and tried to lube friction points. Second try ending with nothing much more but less noise. Took it off and now have two holes to remind me of the Hopkins EasyLift....
The instructions were very detailed and made it easy. Be sure to have another strong person to help with lifting the tailgate, especially when you need to turn it 90° to get it on the right stop of the rod. Works like a dream. Will worth the money I paid for it.
Bob M.
12/5/2015
Im still happy with this product just as much as when I first got it. Works great. Glad I purchased it.
This lift assist is awesome. I have now used it on two trucks (a 1996 Dodge and a 2001 Ford). Before installing it took both hands to lost the tailgate. After installation it takes one finger.
I really am quite satisfied with the tail gate helper springs. I only have one suggestion and that is on some models of Dodge Ram you may have to change the install slightly. Don,t know if I am the only one who has had this problem but for the hole drilled in the left hand hinge area , I had to lower the hole about two inches. Not a big deal but drilling at the suggested location made the spring bind with the left hand hinge. Lowering this hole took care of the problem and let me tell you this spring makes the tailgate weigh about 1 pound. I will attach pics to help explain .
Have a 7.3 OBS and those tailgates are extra heavy and drop real fast once opened. I wanted something to make it easy for my wife to open and close, and kids not to get brain damage from accidentally opening it. This product did exactly that! Easy installation (took about 15 min). My tailgate drops and picks up so much better now.
Jeremy M.
4/11/2023
1 year review. I think I have had this product now for over a year and it still works just as well as day one. Makes my 1996 tailgate feel like a 2016.
I installed this assist on a 2004 F150 and it only took about 10 minutes to drill the two holes. I had to wait some time for my neighbor to get home so I had someone to help install the tailgate with the assist. It took us about 10 minutes also but part of that time was spent explaining to my neighbor how the tailgate mount system works. When we had the tailgate back in place, the spring is so strong that the tailgate remains partially raised (about 20 degrees). I called Tech support at Hopkins and the person said that the 2004 F150 may already have a spring assist in the tailgate and that would explain why the gate does not open flat. I could not see any factory assist springs so I don't know if he was correct or not. I will put up with the not opening flat as the benefit out weights this minor issue. I can now close the gate with one finger!
Got the easy lift tailgate. Wow. Didn't think this would work, but it does and its fantastic. It's simple to install, no moving parts and very reasonable for the price. Can now operate my tailgate with one hand without breaking my wrist. Great product.
What a great product! This turn my heavy, 1991 Ford F150 tailgate into like opening a brand new truck tailgate. Before I use to use both hands to drop & lift the heavy tailgate. Now I can open and close with just one hand. Much safer around small children not having to worry about a heavy tailgate falling and causing injury. Very good detailed installation instructions and only took about 30 minutes to install. Great product Hopkins and well worth the cost.
I have seen this product for a number of years and finally got around to buying one. Excellent product. I can't tell you it takes 80% of the weight of the tailgate, but what I can tell you it makes a HUGE difference in the amount of effort to raise and lower the tailgate. My wife can now easily operate the tailgate with 1 hand. I am glad I made the purchase and did not put it off as I did previously. You definately need a helper on this one. I'm 6'2" 250 and had no problem getting the tailgate off my F250 off. Trying to install this by youself would be very difficult. I highly recommend this product. One note: If I installed this correctly on a 2006 F250 you need to remove the tail light to remove the bolts holding the rubber tailgate stop to drill the hole in the back of the truck.
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Rodney
4/20/2024
Same as the day I first installed it.