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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 11:28 PM
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This is located under the bed, on the drivers side of my 05 Scab short bed. It is between the bumper and leaf spring mount. there is only one of them, its not on the other side either.

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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 12:41 AM
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I think it's a vibration damper
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 06:37 AM
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 06:41 AM
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Yep. A large paper weight. I had to remove mine when I installed a tow hitch. It did not do anthing to the ride quality, so I'm not sure how much "dampning" it really does.
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 01:39 PM
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ok thanks!
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Bucko
Yep. A large paper weight. I had to remove mine when I installed a tow hitch. It did not do anthing to the ride quality, so I'm not sure how much "dampning" it really does.
These are for vibration dampening. Ford loves these things...they've put them on trucks for a while now.
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 07:49 PM
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You're all wrong. It's the mounting for the flux capacitor!
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 06:00 AM
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I'm using it now to hold down the base for my bench grinder; works good to keep the base from moving around the garage floor!
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