Weight of a lift gate for a 2011 TE

Rogers Global

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Someone attempted to custom fabricate a ladder for my 2011 4Runner TE and did A LOT of damage in the process. He's trying to fix it and wanted to know if I knew what the physical weight of the lift gate should be.

Since I don't know, I thought I'd ask!

Especially if I ever want the gate to weather seal again...:pray:
 
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Rogers Global said:
Someone attempted to custom fabricate a ladder for my 2011 4Runner TE and did A LOT of damage in the process. He's trying to fix it and wanted to know if I knew what the physical weight of the lift gate should be.

Since I don't know, I thought I'd ask!

Especially if I ever want the gate to weather seal again...:pray:
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If you don't find an answer:

Disengage the support mounts
Stand on a bathroom scale while holding the lift gate parallel with the ground and record results
Weigh yourself without holding anything
Double the difference

This will give you a rough approximation of the weight of the lift gate.
 
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1engineer said:
If you don't find an answer:

Disengage the support mounts
Stand on a bathroom scale while holding the lift gate parallel with the ground and record results
Weigh yourself without holding anything
Double the difference

This will give you a rough approximation of the weight of the lift gate.
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That would only be accurate if the top was as heavy as the bottom.
 
Oh come on Greg, you're slipping...I was totally expecting a page full of formulas to calculate the weight down to the 0.01 lbs when I clicked this thread and saw that you posted, lol.

OP, if I may ask, why does the fabricator need to know how heavy the door is to fix what he/she screwed up? Maybe it might be wise to visit a professional body shop and have the fabricator pickup the tab? Sorry, I am a pessimist and just feel like if you couldn't do the job properly to begin with, you probably can't fix it any better either :( I hope you get this resolved though!
 
eddiebx said:
oh come on greg, you're slipping...i was totally expecting a page full of formulas to calculate the weight down to the 0.01 lbs when i clicked this thread and saw that you posted, lol.

Op, if i may ask, why does the fabricator need to know how heavy the door is to fix what he/she screwed up? Maybe it might be wise to visit a professional body shop and have the fabricator pickup the tab? Sorry, i am a pessimist and just feel like if you couldn't do the job properly to begin with, you probably can't fix it any better either :( i hope you get this resolved though!
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kiss
 
Greg_Canada said:
You're like a nuclear engineer at the schematic design stage "well... this is what we want, give us a budget, we will take you number +/- 200%" LOL :50cal:
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I was just trying to help out. I thought "Hmmm, maybe he has not thought of this so I will give him an idea." The proper way is just take the thing off and put it on a scale. Oh, I really liked your idea and input too. What was that? You had no idea? *crickets*
 
1engineer said:
I was just trying to help out. I thought "Hmmm, maybe he has not thought of this so I will give him an idea." The proper way is just take the thing off and put it on a scale. Oh, I really liked your idea and input too. What was that? You had no idea? *crickets*
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Take it off and weigh yourself. Or call an online toyota parts dealer and ask for a shipping weight.:shocked:

But the first one is kinda logical, i didn't think that needed to be mentioned.
 
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