[GMCPaul]

Besides posting here I also just replied to 1 of your emails to the office. We shipped you both tailgate handles and I myself checked that there were no issues with the 2nd handle before sending it. They work correctly in both OEM and reproduction tailgates and the looking at your photo of outside of tailgate shows the tailgate handle opening to be bent in several locations. In regards to flimsy the tailgate reproduction handle is just as heavily made as the original's. The issue is your OEM tailgate is damaged around the handle opening.
Paul Jr @ GMCPauls