The plate surrounds the plastic lock holder and a provided circular clamp helps reinforce the assembly to prevent the lock from being punched into the gate or spun around in the holder. This tailgate theft deterrent bolts inside your tailgate to the back of the tailgate handle. Thieves are now breaking into the bed of your truck if you have a shell or tonneau cover, and sometimes are breaking your tailgate handle lock out just to steal your tailgate. List Has your lock been "punched" or "jimmied" more than once?Ĭheck out our new PunchPlug™ lock elimination kit and our LockCap™ lock cover here.Īttention 2004 - 14 F-150 and Mark LT owners! If your front passenger side door doesn't have a lock either, you still need a plate on that door too! By pulling the handle away from the door slightly, the thief can get at the rod running across the door cavity, even though there is no lock cylinder. Installing the rear plates will help prevent access to the latch and rods inside the door. Also, the door latch assembly is just below the handle on these doors and can be easily reached with a screwdriver and/or short piece of wire.
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The lock rods inside the doors still are accessible by a thief who knows how to get at them. On rear doors of a four door truck, the plates are still necessary. What about rear doors and doors that don't have a lock cylinder on them? Mounting the plate inside the door also helps prevent the thief from pulling the entire handle away from the body far enough to stick a tool into the door cavity and get at the lock rods, another favorite way to break in to your truck. The lower left part of the plate is relieved on this model to allow for the mounting of the keyless lock pad cable channel to the door. The left end of the plate uses a set screw to anchor the left end to the door jamb, increasing the strength of the assembly. (Lock rods are not shown here for clarity.) The plate covers the back of the lock cylinder, (toward the left of the photo,) reinforcing the plastic holding the lock in place and blocking access to the lock rods inside the door.
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< The photo to the left shows a Jimmi' Jammer® plate mounted to the back side of the drivers door handle.
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