Allan:
Don't have my copy of the directions handy: What size spacer was called
for in the directions?
David Sosna
Allan Connell, Jr wrote:
> Tiger Team,
>
> I dont seem to get any more emails from the list..and the digest shows it
> active. I wonder if I have been inadvertently dropped from the listcould
> it have happened when my mailbox got full a couple of weeks ago? Just on
> the odd chance this is correct, please hit Reply All if you can help.
>
> Over the last few years, I have been collecting all of the bits, save the MG
> Midget rack, to rebuild the front end on my Tiger. As I am very busy with
> work and have a friend who runs a restoration shop who is not too busy at
> the time, he accepted the task of the re-build. Apparently all turned out
> well except for a couple of things: 1) in hard right turns, it sounds as
> though there is rubber rubbing against something for a brief moment, and 2)
> the clearance between the steering arms and the 13 inch mag rims is a paltry
> 1/32 inch.
>
> Heres what was replaced: Upper and lower ball joints, MGA steering arms for
> the stock (with a 7/8 inch spacer rather than > inch spacer that was called
> for in the directions,) Delrin bushings and new fulcrum pins. Like I
> mentioned, I chose not to replace the stock rack with the MG Midget rack at
> this time.
>
> Though I have not driven the car, my friend tells me it has dramatically
> improved steering that is much lighter and has a dramatically better
> tendency to self-center after a turn. The only problems he sees right now
> are as mentioned before, the rubbing sound in a hard right turn and the fact
> that the tie-rod ends are about 1/32 of an inch from the rims on the 13 inch
> mag wheels. He also feels the car will need a little more negative camber,
> which he hopes the alignment shop will be able to produce when he takes it
> to them on Wednesday.
>
> Any thoughts oh, you minions of Tigerdom? Remember to hit the Reply All
> button as I think I am off the list.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> AC
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