good news, I managed to find the brackets.
Not sure where the notched star washers go. They were in the bag that had the brackets and hinge mounting bolts so I assume they are either for the three bolts on each side that don't hold the bracket since there are 6 or ? Any pictures or suggestions are helpful.
Took a stab at bracket placement and things seem to line up with the torque rods.
Passenger side bracket mount location
Rod placement in tailgate and alignment. I think this is correct per TSM image but wanted to get some feedback
About 95% sure this is correct (bracket placement and rod direction) but I'm working on it alone so hoping to get it right the first time and not have to do multiple installs to figure out. The tailgate is already heavy and difficult enough to do once along let alone multiple times
TIA .... again