The truss rod bracket is under the bolster and is bolted to the outer sill on each side. The round part is a clevis to which the truss rod is fastened, shown here sloping downward and to the left.
The photo above shows the bolsters before installation. The lower straight piece was on the car. The curved piece was removed and scrapped previously, and new one fabricated by Urich. They will be bolted together eventually, with the curved piece underneath.
The photo above shows one end of the bolster in place with temporary bolts through the outer sill.
This is a view under the car along the bolster. Notches had to be cut in the platform sills to accommodate it. It passes under the steel that is reinforcing the inner sills. The bottom of the steel is lower than the original sill and spacers are required to lower the bolster and truss rod brackets appropriately.
In this photo Bob and Don are drilling the bolt holes in the brackets and spacers that will support the bolsters and to which the truss rods will be connected.
Here a spacer is being drilled with the magnetic drill. using the matching bracket as a guide. The drilling was a slow process and continued for several weeks.
I jumped ahead in time, but this is one of the truss rod brackets in place, with the spacer next to the sill, and the bolster between the spacer and the bracket. This process also was ongoing for several weeks. Aligning the bolt holes was tedious.
This photo shows the bolster at the east end of the car extending beyond the sill (the end is in the lower part of the picture just to the right of center, orange in color). This means the car is too narrow in this area. This is the sill that was replaced early on because of rot, and apparently warped or shifted during replacement. More on this later.
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