What are these?

[gixxer]

Hey everyone,

I hope someone can shed some light on this.

What are these? I believe they are shims.

I was underneath the back end facing the front and I pulled these from between a gap of sheet metal under the bed above the rear axle. I had to drop the spare tire.

There appeared to be a C type notch on the lower piece of metal and a hole in the above part and these shims are in between loose.

Should they be loose or bolted in?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I’ll try and get a photo of where I pulled them from.

The truck was rear ended and the body shop took the bed off the truck so I’m hoping they didn’t mess something up.

 

[MADDOG]

Yes, those are shims. They fit between a body panel and a frame, or between suspension pieces, etc...and are held in place sandwiched between the two pieces they are designed to keep separated.

As to which shim, can't say but I suspect between the truck bed and frame.

Give the body shop the shims. They'll figure it out. I don't think they messed anything up. Shims are made to be removed and re-used.

 

[gixxer]

Thank you MADDOG

 

[gixxer]

Turns out, they were for a 5th wheel and had no need to be on the vehicle.