FRONT CHASSIS TIE RODS

The front plates, if I can call them that, have a hole at the bottom to accept the diagonal tie rods. on this car the holes are of an odd upside down triangle. Someone, long ago, had made some thin plates that covered the holes with the tierod coming through in order to tighten it all up. The plates had a half round notch on the bottom to fit against the bottom crosstube. I guess the thinking was that the car weight would push the plates down and limit their motion. Backwards thinking.

I ended up making a special shoulder washer to fit the opening and allow the nut to tighten and do some good.

This worked great after some fiddling.