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"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Gary,</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I got my kit from Dan Richardson. Just beaut=
iful. And sooo much better than the self adjusting rears that didn=E2=80=
=99t. </div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Aug 15, 2026, at 2:25=E2=80=AFPM=
, Gary Winblad <winbladgary@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></di=
v><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>=
Terry,</div><div>I just remembered...</div><div>The shop manual is your frie=
nd.</div><div><br></div><div>See the alignment section, page 5 for the posit=
ion to put the gap gauge you can make (page 24).</div><div>That is for facto=
ry stock. My old original stock sagged springs are probably no where n=
ear correct.</div><div><br></div><div>Gary WInblad</div><div><br></div></div=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 10:42=E2=80=AFAM Jay <<a href=3D"=
mailto:jay.laifman@gmail.com";>jay.laifman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div>=
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l=
eft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>I=E2=80=99ll add a twi=
st on this. I put the disc brake conversion on my Alpine. The ca=
liper is positioned such that if the rear compresses enough, the lip of the f=
rame above the rear end will hit the parking brake spring part of the calipe=
r before any stop is hit. I don=E2=80=99t know that I have ever hit su=
ch a bump that has caused anywhere near that kind of compression. But i=
t still makes me nervous. I=E2=80=99ve been debating adding a bigger s=
top inside the shock itself (the are Konis, which I think do have such stops=
), or rotating the caliper to a different position. The problem with t=
he different position is that the parking brake rod and cable will no longer=
work.<div><br></div><div>Just a thought to add to the collective knowledge.=
<br><div><br></div><div><br id=3D"m_-466556242317216925lineBreakAtBeginningO=
fMessage"><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Aug 5, 2026, at 7:33=E2=
=80=AFPM, Gary Winblad <<a href=3D"mailto:winbladgary@gmail.com"; target=3D=
"_blank">winbladgary@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-varian=
t-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-in=
dent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decora=
tion:none"><div>Terry,</div><div>I bet Tom Hall could give you those answers=
.</div><div>My stock Tiger is lowered with ground down rubber spring pads an=
d stock sagged springs, don't think it ever bottoms. Might be due to t=
he shock setting.</div><div>Gary Winblad</div><div><br></div></div><br style=
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one"><div class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12p=
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normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:norm=
al;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_at=
tr">On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 5:19=E2=80=AFPM Terry Packer via Tigers <<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:tigers@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">tigers@autox.team.net<=
/a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0p=
x 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-family:"times new roman","ne=
w york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir=3D"ltr">I'd like to invest=
igate whether intermittent contact with the rubber snubbers is adding firmne=
ss to the feel of my MkI's front suspension. Unfortunately guessing at the c=
ondition of the road springs by comparing tire clearances, ride heights, etc=
, is usually inconclusive because of car to car variables like wheel and tir=
e sizes.<br><br>So before disassembling anything I'd like to first do a quic=
k "look see". To that end, can anyone share the intended clearance between t=
he top of the stock rubber snubbers and their corresponding stop-pads on the=
cross-member for a (mostly) stock Tiger with known good springs? A related q=
uestion is how much front wheel travel the Tiger design was intended to prov=
ide. I haven't see either of these dimensions in the Workshop Manual and eit=
her one might help inform whether a more invasive investigation is justified=
.<br><br>Thanks Much<br>Terry</div><br clear=3D"none"></div><div id=3D"m_-46=
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