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Mystery Screw

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by essjay, May 3, 2021.

  1. May 3, 2021 at 7:13 PM
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    essjay

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    Drove around in the woods all day yesterday, and heard some kind of rattling/vibration in the rear passenger side of my cab just before pulling off the trail to air up. I wasn't able to ID the source of it at the time, but when I opened the rear passenger door of my access cab today, this torx screw with a plastic liner on the head fell out. I don't see any missing bolts or screws in my cab, none of the loose stuff in my cab has a screw that looks like that, and I've never noticed anything on my truck that looks like that. Anyone know what it's from?

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  2. May 4, 2021 at 9:29 AM
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    Guessing that this truly is a mystery screw, since nobody's responded.
     
  3. May 4, 2021 at 9:30 AM
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    ColoradoTJ

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    Looks like Alaska
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    Came in expecting something else...


    Left disappointed
     
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  4. May 4, 2021 at 9:33 AM
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    check your tailgate, right side. does it have something to prevent it from being stolen? and what color is your truck?

    my guess it is the old fastener.
     
  5. May 4, 2021 at 9:35 AM
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    Holds the Flux Capacitor in place. Put it back.
     
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  6. May 4, 2021 at 9:56 AM
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    The irony here is @christian06 shipped my tailgate anti-tweaker device yesterday.
     
  7. May 4, 2021 at 9:58 AM
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    Spare parts box.
     
  8. May 4, 2021 at 9:58 AM
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    Impossible.

    I welded that in.
     
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  9. May 4, 2021 at 9:59 AM
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    That screw is from the piece that holds the bottom door latch in place for your access cab rear door
     
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  10. May 4, 2021 at 10:00 AM
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    Look under the bottom side of the Access cab door and you should be able to see where it goes pretty easily
     
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  11. May 4, 2021 at 10:09 AM
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