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Old 06-12-2004, 06:39 PM
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Lets play another game of name that part!

Okay, so i was extending the rear breather on the runner last week, and lo and behold when i am all done i find this little beauty on the ground. Its the same muddy color as the rest of my undercarriage which makes me pretty sure that it came off the beast. Somewhere on the back end, i think probably out of the passenger side (that was where it was lying anyway) Anybody able to name that part? Thanks for all the help guys (and gals)!
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Talking My vote

I vote it came off your exhaust and was some type of hanger for the tail pipe.

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hehe, 4 minute reply time... gotta love yotatech. Waskilly - i thought that too, but i gave it a gander and didnt see any oddball clean spots around the exhaust area, maybe ill give it a much closer look in the A.M.
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It looks way to small to be anything on the exhaust.
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Oh crap!
Don't go anywhere... that's the self-destruct safety pin!!!


Did you have anything else out? Tools or whatever?
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Originally Posted by Tacoma Dude
Oh crap!
Don't go anywhere... that's the self-destruct safety pin!!!


Did you have anything else out? Tools or whatever?
damn! i knew it looked important!

umm... crescent wrench, a bunch of zip ties, fuel line..... wire cutters(to clean up the zip ties) Thats about it.
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I say it is a clip to hold brake pads.

I think, no wait it is ahhhh............

No it is ahhhh.............

It is a thingamajig!!!!!!
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The clips for the front pads are thinner and don't hook like that. At least for my Tacoma that's the case... dunno about the drums - never worked on those.

Where did you find this? Passenger side but precisely under where?

(Yes, yes - I typed "under where")

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Old 06-12-2004, 07:34 PM
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Oh that! I know exactly what it is. It's for th

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Old 06-12-2004, 09:57 PM
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It holds the counter rotation shaft of the muffler bearings in place. Actually it's probably something you ran over, it popped and stayed there....?

Whaaat, it can happen like that, I found cat parts on my Runner once that just fell off when I was working on it.
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That, my friends, is a T-Post fence bracket. Has NOTHING to do with ANYTHING on a 4-Runner. It is what you use to secure wire fenceing to those "T" posts. I have used a million of them. (I used to live on a farm) Ya probably picked it up on a recent outing in a field or a dirt road or something. Don't worry.
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See, Told ya, Cat parts, fence post holders, whatever, Crap flies up get stuck until ya jar it loose. I just went off roadin', guess I should go see what that noise was...?
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hahaha, well now im glad that i at least didnt take it into the dealer to see if they could tell me. Thanks for all of the help guys!
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I agree with Lt. Dan. Chainlink fence post part. Holds fence to post.
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Another possibility, some type of support guide for a cable. Maybe the emergency brake cable?
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