How are '34 front frame rail covers secured?

Posted by Ozstatman On 2011/9/30 4:54:30

In my Project Blog I posed a question for my mate Wade about how the front frame rail covers are affixed a '34. Much effort was expended in making what was thought to be a spacer but it now looks like it is really a fastener! The part(fastener?) in question has a hex head at either end, one end is recessed while the other end is tapped for a 1/4" 28TPI NF Thread and the middle is cylindrical. What we need to know is how does this fasten the frame rail cover to the frame? We think it might screw into the stud that threads into the "captive nut" which is near the front of the frame and frame rail cover. It would do this after a stud is threaded through another "captive nut" mounted on the top edge of the frame then into the "captive nut" on the underside of the frame rail cover. The bottom of the stud would then be below the bottom edge of the top frame rail and the fastener would then screw onto the stud. Is that explanation correct? Any answers or advice are welcome. Better still pictures! Wade thought he had pictures but, although he has numerous pictures of the dismantling of the '34 aka The Fossil, somehow this was missed!

Link to Project Blog. See Posts #898 and #901.

EDIT 1st October - Wording correction and pic caption amended.

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