Bed cleats

Hey! So i just bought an 06 tacoma. And theres one bed cleat installed with 3 sitting off to the side. I was trying to put the other 3 on the bed rail but they seem to be jammed, i cant push the plate out. Anybody have this issue or know how to fix it?

Or know a cheap way to make new tie offs

 

I got these neat little bedrail nuts from... somewhere, I forget... anyway, they're kinda cool since you can put them in anywhere on the rail and twist into place, and they're 5/16" thread, not like the big rectangular ones you have to insert from the ends that have a massively overkill 3/8" thread.

I got some stainless forged eyes off Amazon for like $8 for 4 or so, with 5/16" shafts, and added a fender washer & nut to clamp them to the rail. Not as versatile as factory cleats, but they're also harder to steal (and who'd really want to?) and they're not plastic, I'd probably ruin the bed or the rail before they gave out.

 

Not me.

Loosen them up a bit?