tear in bed (2005 Tacoma)

mtman · #1 (**permalink**) 03-20-2005, 09:16 PM

I found a tear in the front wall of my bed today. The tear is right where the mounting screw attaches to the bed. I only have 1016 mile and the thing is tearing whats it going to look like at 200k? I haven't even tied anything down other than an exrta set of wheels off my Tundra. I hope the dealership dosen't try to weasle there way out of this being covered by the warrenty.

matt30 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-20-2005, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mtman

I found a tare in the front wall of my bed today. The tare is right where the mounting screw attaches to the bed. I only have 1016 mile and the thing is taring whats it going to look like at 200k? I haven't even tied anything down other than an exrta set of wheels off my Tundra. I hope the dealership dosen't try to weasle there way out of this being covered by the warrenty.

You mean a tear?

mtman · #3 (**permalink**) 03-20-2005, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by matt30

You mean a tear?

Yeah tear, not a tare, as is tare weight like I mentioned earlier. The tear is like 4 inches long.

MERCULA · #4 (**permalink**) 03-20-2005, 09:43 PM

Got any pics ?

wylcat · #5 (**permalink**) 03-20-2005, 10:23 PM

uh oh theres another one...look out the the composite bed thread is going to start up again...

rivalred · #6 (**permalink**) 03-21-2005, 12:52 AM

Post some pictures when you have a chance.... This is pretty interesting.

ABTRD · #7 (**permalink**) 03-21-2005, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by rivalred

Post some pictures when you have a chance.... This is pretty interesting.

Yes, very interesting.

I'd love to see some pictures too, e-mail them to me too if you can I wanna see them full-sized

TundrastruckDave · #8 (**permalink**) 03-21-2005, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by wylcat

uh oh theres another one...look out the the composite bed thread is going to start up again...

Ummm... Yep! You said it Lonnie.

mtman · #9 (**permalink**) 03-21-2005, 10:18 AM

I'll try to take some photos today!

mtman · #10 (**permalink**) 03-21-2005, 03:27 PM

http://www.tundrasolutions.com/photo...icture_004.jpg

I have more in my Photo Gallery

Ryone · #11 (**permalink**) 03-21-2005, 03:50 PM

Well... here's documented incident number 2. How did you have the wheels tied down in the bed? What about temperature extremes where you live?

I wonder if the characteristics of the SMC beds rely on variables of how they're made... I wonder if the humidity/temperature/(whatever) in the "SMC-Factory" has anything to do with their strength. I wonder this because if the SMC bed was generally that weak, there would be a lot more than a handful of cases.

Ryan

xsacta · #12 (**permalink**) 03-21-2005, 05:48 PM

Maybe someone will make a steel bedliner for our plastic beds

que · #13 (**permalink**) 03-21-2005, 06:15 PM

looks like something heavy landed on the edge.

matt30 · #14 (**permalink**) 03-21-2005, 07:24 PM

You can see all the fibers, just like wood that has been bent to far. It would probably last longer if the SMC wasn't a 1/4 inch thick. What does Toyota have to say?

I would rule out impact, it seems as though the bed had been bent and it just cracked.

j4x4ar3 · #15 (**permalink**) 03-21-2005, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by que

looks like something heavy landed on the edge.

I would agree with that statement definitely. Also since this is a solid material I wouldn't exactly call it a "tear". That would be for a softer material that was somehow stressed in two directions at once. This one definitely looks like something hit it very hard or the front tie down was overstressed with a load that was too heavy.