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Looks like whatever is left in the tailgate is not stock. Didn't take a picture of what my tailgate looked like without the latch, but it didn't look like that. It had a part that the clutch fits into. Not that rod.
Just replaced the handle assembly on the M1009 here. This is what it looks like...