Tailgate latch

On my '01 2500 the tailgate latch travels a long ways before catching and unlatching. Is there a way to adjust this?

THANKS!

I suspect GM considered a healthy latch engagement as an added safety feature. You could shorten the actuator rods inside the tailgate, but it could make it a little less safe. Perhaps a better approach would be to increase the radius of the tailgate latch control levers to increase their throw, producing less handle lift (but with more effort) to unlatch.

MP

Thanks for the reply...looks like I will live with it!