I am replacing my liftgate handle. I notice there is a piece of rectangular rubber strip a few inches long and maybe 1/4" wide that fits into a recess across the upper rear edge of the lift gate handle assembly and sits against the liftgate body panel exterior. I don't see it listed in the parts catalog (SXJ-1310 section).

The strip on my XJ is bedraggled and hanging out....

Any ideas?

(may post a pic later)

 

can you make something that will work?

 

Definitely the backup plan, but the material is weird, it is quite light... maybe because my XJ is a bit baked from a hot climate. I'll probably pull the handle out and make a template. I seem to excel at finding things that are not in the parts catalog....

 

I'll bet you aren't. I'm pretty sure you don't have a lift gate. I suppose somebody could have installed one aftermarket, but that would be pretty rare. Cherokees came with a rear hatch.


This is a lift gate:

 

see attached

and

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liftgate

 

Look up, "dumbing down". See also, "deconstructionism".

It doesn't matter how many idiots call it a lift gate (and everyone working at Merriam-Webster for at least the last decade is an idiot or worse), it's still not a liftgate.

 

Mopar made it, they call it a liftgate, good enough for me.

 

ha!!!

 

You are correct!
I also call it a lift gate.

Fresh from the Mopar Parts Catalog.

 

I myself wouldn't and don't call it a lift gate, I call it a hatch. But we all know what the op is referring to if he would've used either term

 

its in the haynes index too but we all know thats never right!!

 

Cut length-wise and flatten a used mountain bike inner tube and trace the handle upside down with a razor blade. Use a thorn-resistant tube for a thicker seal.

 

BRM, dude... you're usually right on the money man, but just about every vehicle I've had or seen that has a "hatch" gets it referred to as a "liftgate" when looking up the FSMs, parts manuals, or even the user manuals. The struts for them are even called "liftgate struts" just about everywhere I've seen.

Are ya havin' a bad day?

 

Ya know What s funny? There's literally a body style for cars called "hatchback" hah!! So confusion galore.

 

Depends for me, Technical i guess its a lift gate but who wants to say 2 words? hatch is easier, faster and simple in my mind. That extra 0.002 seconds matters.