How to remove/unclip the wiring tube between body and tailgate

[BRABUS]

Please can anyone tell me the right way to unclip either end of the rubber cabling tube between the body and the tailgate. I want to run the cable for the rear dash cam down it but am afraid of breaking it and not being able to clip it back in place.

Thanks.

 

[T6Ollie]

If you mean the rubber thing top left of the tail gate, it just pulls out

 

[BRABUS]

Thank you, I have tried pulling at (quite hard) it but it doesn’t seem to want to budge.

 

[T6Ollie]

just to check we are talking about the same thing, you mean this?

 

[BRABUS]

That is the thing.

 

[T6Ollie]

I don’t want to say anything that causes you to break yours but mine definitely just pulled out. I ran a twin flex for some spots in mine - there isn’t much space mind!

 

[BRABUS]

That’s what worries me, I removed the same sort of thing on my caddy. That needed a flat blade screw driver to help it out. I ended up having to replace it which meant taking all of the wring out of the tailgate and threading it through my new rubber tube before refitting. That is a ball ache job.

What I was really hoping for against all the odds is that someone had a video of it being removed so I know how hard to pull- or not as the case may be.

 

[B.different]

We usually remove the rubber with a pick off the plastic inner frame, then it's easier to remove the plastic inner frame as you have more of a view of the tabs. I also use a snap-on nylon feeder and lots of wd40 if its a tight fit for the wiring.

 

[Deaky]

It’s all rubber, no plastic clips to break. Just held in place by a rubber flange. Just lever it out with a trim tool.

 

[BRABUS]

Thank you. I will give it a go when the rain stops

 

[B.different]

That's odd I've got a plastic frame in mine to the body. Wonder if I've fitted the wrong one.

 

[BRABUS]

Which end is easier to get out as I don’t need to do both ends I suppose

 

[BRABUS]

That's odd I've got a plastic frame in mine to the body. Wonder if I've fitted the wrong one.

That is what I was expecting, just like on my caddy???

 

[Deaky]

On my T6, there’s a plastic frame on the front door bellows but not on the rear lid.

 

[BRABUS]

I wonder if it is year dependent then. So what years are the cars with plastic and this without, we may all learn something here

 

[T6Ollie]

Mine is a 21 plate 6.1 it’s all just rubber

 

[BRABUS]

Ours is a 2022 6.1 transporter (wheelchair adapted)

 

[T6Ollie]

Just been out to the van, does this help?

 

[BRABUS]

Just been out to the van, does this help?

You sir are a bloody legend, thank you so much