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Cleaning behind the Taillights

JakeHagg25

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So recently I had a mild adventure onto a muddy field and threw some mud around. This was about 3 weeks ago, recently I noticed a piece of debris hanging down from a hole in between two pieces of sheet metal so I used my pressure washer and shot some water in there, but it never stopped raining down muddy water whenever I would stop spraying for a second. So I decided to dig a little deeper and see if I couldnt find a better way to clean it out.

The first picture is of where this hole is located , its just behind the rear wheels on both sides.
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Here you can see a better look at the hole and where to find it.
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Here is what prompted me to take the tail lights off, I realized that after I was spraying water into the hole, mud and dirty water was seeping out from underneath the taillight and the bed.
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Here is a look behind the taillight directly after I took it off, not pictured are some of the areas where some debris and mud got stuck on pieces of the sheet metal and I could only imagine that It would rust out eventually if untouched.
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A little side note, I dont have the rear fender liners so this problem might not be as prevalent for some people. Just look out for it and check every once in a while.
 

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duke2001

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Just thought about this again and noticed that you do not have mud flaps. Would this have minimized the situation?
 

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That is the exact reason the wheel well liners were one of the first things I put on my Rebel and the 09 I traded for the Rebel. Ans I hate seeing the frame through the wheel wells. They will keep a lot of the under side cleaner.
 

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That is the exact reason the wheel well liners were one of the first things I put on my Rebel and the 09 I traded for the Rebel. Ans I hate seeing the frame through the wheel wells. They will keep a lot of the under side cleaner.
The fact I had to do this very much so increased the priority of mud flaps and wheel liners on my list of things to do.
 

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Although I would think Ram would include them as standard , especially on an off road package truck like the Rebel.
 

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