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From: Terry Packer via Tigers Errors-To: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net --===============0024923959242598726== boundary="----=_Part_2250955_310332580.1785963085634" ------=_Part_2250955_310332580.1785963085634 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'd like to investigate whether intermittent contact with the rubber snubbers is adding firmness to the feel of my MkI's front suspension. Unfortunately guessing at the condition of the road springs by comparing tire clearances, ride heights, etc, is usually inconclusive because of car to car variables like wheel and tire sizes. So before disassembling anything I'd like to first do a quick "look see". To that end, can anyone share the intended clearance between the 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 question is how much front wheel travel the Tiger design was intended to provide. I haven't see either of these dimensions in the Workshop Manual and either one might help inform whether a more invasive investigation is justified. Thanks Much Terry ------=_Part_2250955_310332580.1785963085634 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
I'd like to investigate whether intermittent contact with the rubber snubbers is adding firmness to the feel of my MkI's front suspension. Unfortunately guessing at the condition of the road springs by comparing tire clearances, ride heights, etc, is usually inconclusive because of car to car variables like wheel and tire sizes.

So before disassembling anything I'd like to first do a quick "look see". To that end, can anyone share the intended clearance between the 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 question is how much front wheel travel the Tiger design was intended to provide. I haven't see either of these dimensions in the Workshop Manual and either one might help inform whether a more invasive investigation is justified.

Thanks Much
Terry

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Cc: "Tigers@autox.team.net" Errors-To: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net --===============3920400985536971766== --000000000000c5452d065857b689 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Terry, I bet Tom Hall could give you those answers. My stock Tiger is lowered with ground down rubber spring pads and stock sagged springs, don't think it ever bottoms. Might be due to the shock setting. Gary Winblad On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 5:19=E2=80=AFPM Terry Packer via Tigers < tigers@autox.team.net> wrote: > I'd like to investigate whether intermittent contact with the rubber > snubbers is adding firmness to the feel of my MkI's front suspension. > Unfortunately guessing at the condition of the road springs by comparing > tire clearances, ride heights, etc, is usually inconclusive because of ca= r > to car variables like wheel and tire sizes. > > So before disassembling anything I'd like to first do a quick "look see". > To that end, can anyone share the intended clearance between the top of t= he > stock rubber snubbers and their corresponding stop-pads on the cross-memb= er > for a (mostly) stock Tiger with known good springs? A related question is > how much front wheel travel the Tiger design was intended to provide. I > haven't see either of these dimensions in the Workshop Manual and either > one might help inform whether a more invasive investigation is justified. > > Thanks Much > Terry > > _______________________________________________ > > tigers@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/winbladgary@gmail.com > > > --000000000000c5452d065857b689 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Terry,
I bet Tom Hall could give you those = answers.
My stock Tiger is lowered with ground down rubber spring= pads and stock sagged springs, don't think it ever bottoms.=C2=A0 Migh= t be due to the shock setting.
Gary Winblad

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On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 5:19=E2=80=AFPM Terry Packer vi= a Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net= > wrote:
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I'd like to investigate whether i= ntermittent contact with the rubber snubbers is adding firmness to the feel of my MkI's front suspension. Unfortunately guess= ing at the condition of the road springs by comparing tire clearances, ride= heights, etc, is usually=20 inconclusive because of car to car variables like wheel and tire sizes.

So before disassembling anything I'd like to first do a quick "= ;look see". To that end, can=20 anyone share the intended clearance between the top of the stock rubber snu= bbers and their corresponding stop-pads on the cross-member for a (mostly) = stock Tiger with known good springs? A related question is how much front w= heel travel the Tiger design was intended to provide. I haven't see eit= her of these dimensions in the Workshop Manual and either one might help in= form whether a more invasive=20 investigation is justified.

Thanks Much
Terry

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--000000000000c5452d065857b689-- --===============3920400985536971766== Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ tigers@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers http://autox.team.net/archive Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/mharc@autox.team.net --===============3920400985536971766==-- From tigers-bounces@autox.team.net Mon Aug 10 11:45:07 2026 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mharc@autox.team.net Received: from [50.198.190.17] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by autox.team.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6EABA0CEE for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:45:07 -0600 (MDT) Authentication-Results: autox.team.net; Delivered-To: tigers@autox.team.net Received: from mail-pg1-f172.google.com (unknown [209.85.215.172]) by autox.team.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D70CA0CCE for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:42:32 -0600 (MDT) Received: by mail-pg1-f172.google.com with SMTP id 41be03b00d2f7-c9e607d81fcso1275087a12.2 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:42:01 -0700 (PDT) d=gmail.com; s=20251104; t=1786383721; x=1786988521; darn=autox.team.net; h=references:to:cc:in-reply-to:date:subject:mime-version:content-type :message-id:from:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to :content-type; bh=qlGa4SfxNMBNODM/CecuIjCCWGrm2t8/jsEmenPOOWI=; b=WD3yK7P+6X4/JdJjC6mud6TTRNffZMWbNj4hSOA8+SvKSLcRaRlD4Q3sUTlsZfct5X TkMx6z8nD0cvRtFg/fWG7tz6HkDBEDdmv1NmUE2VsMa+GyJcbZc7j+hvjMJpJ9ig/FiW 4FuhH6apZQdhlFm5tRGE3wnkkF300p2N3+taW/QAyucUWoN/MAy5NlGS1/7cOZRConRA YD67qosGb3QEz4dh68qzSHktTAxByr7JW0YXKr23NW3C/tWdJ/nqQNA/iiaMnZa+YLNM TiQrNNYEi1srR+/7v5f3o2MIP0dmGqIYnxa33ZYoULwz3nZ4LkBHSEdZGYbQG6Mp2LJd IBAw== d=1e100.net; s=20251104; t=1786383721; x=1786988521; h=references:to:cc:in-reply-to:date:subject:mime-version:content-type :message-id:from:x-gm-gg:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to:content-type; bh=qlGa4SfxNMBNODM/CecuIjCCWGrm2t8/jsEmenPOOWI=; b=VvZYgDjMJ+0qOD/0PWIpNlEZ7KsswONhOZswWYSSw/Xghilm6MJWKlXDjzVnCwE6za uCkYRGuvGfTkuE8RuJpUF7/FyxjqyGWXaUnfii/b8PJiuNfnD3YK3bwQ3gC6HiRE3gyP 66vPUUZQW50QiZZ/j+3v5FBkKF7j8YfuGEiFdvu9Ixu4Uvfiy9ppgvu86t7YVZEM5UwM tjmSxJ35h/Nt232u4mz+2dslZ31QKq2cDaHgrJCZ8uzssiXG1PY8W6bbhBL43HK7szMa Cc4qZsa3O05Eqe5j9NNFdcT/O9kw7NL4J7cb7r1ch+TX36f5IQaxAK+wqn33w5C2nozb /pUw== AHgh+Rq2iAeSVaG7wUJ0N7XBU15BsGVriZ966L+QMf/u3u1DKcYmZts5RXu1QoRg8xE6bpSsvSpF5d4=@autox.team.net ASYcLDYXQyz2kjKdzOFWPWEmkVJfmV9oW3/7tx/r/bzXosUUmGVliql8 Lnj4lqEgNwZBR/tugD7wPK0EBGDQRK2a3M5Uosdx7jlb/aFGd9/mVfKRpdwdK8jiqpdRqnbbGBv WjHK8kGkQC8GVgfIwFISft0QGQWMx8q//RpegniR+tfwGCZ+34gvKF2ehmNJhVNObhIf25mO4zl 28WhpgU9MQroIdSXzJ3cEN5ODzkzz6gsAVtVeYs867wBKVly9QFnkk6sSxDNEAGmC2E9uosiyE9 Geug4FN6Nu0DYkZH/mZETvrVOh8BF9qucb8OL29aq2bvnGIgb/TlGTrGvFpFwtLmWjYWnFlfzmn vRW3SnyfBDI/YoYl9vLB1/k65lsrci2BnnKh3QkPmnqFPsyFpH2s4LZxxZdeK7iJlq3ESqWlYMQ JF843lWBnWGox6tE8QPHVOmRoZQWdu0yp+YNaA0Jg+vC4SBz1j14JY/HUY2Vl4TNNHiptnitn4R 7XW adf61e73a8af0-3cbadb03dbbmr34003168637.12.1786383721189; Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:42:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpclient.apple ([76.95.69.106]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a92af1059eb24-141019b4244sm35901766c88.4.2026.08.10.10.42.00 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:42:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Jay Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:41:49 -0700 To: Gary Winblad References: <7385B51F-27B6-4D24-8DA5-8915DD579942@sbcglobal.net> <755916246.2250956.1785963085634@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Front Bump Stop Clearance? Cc: Tiger's Den Errors-To: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net --===============1945174737479648119== boundary="Apple-Mail=_E01AAEC7-3C26-4010-BB94-4BDD7E7FFB72" --Apple-Mail=_E01AAEC7-3C26-4010-BB94-4BDD7E7FFB72 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable charset=utf-8 I=E2=80=99ll add a twist on this. I put the disc brake conversion on my = Alpine. The caliper is positioned such that if the rear compresses = enough, the lip of the frame above the rear end will hit the parking = brake spring part of the caliper before any stop is hit. I don=E2=80=99t = know that I have ever hit such a bump that has caused anywhere near that = kind of compression. But it still makes me nervous. I=E2=80=99ve been = debating adding a bigger stop 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 the different position is that the = parking brake rod and cable will no longer work. Just a thought to add to the collective knowledge. > On Aug 5, 2026, at 7:33=E2=80=AFPM, Gary Winblad = wrote: >=20 > Terry, > I bet Tom Hall could give you those answers. > My stock Tiger is lowered with ground down rubber spring pads and = stock sagged springs, don't think it ever bottoms. Might be due to the = shock setting. > Gary Winblad >=20 >=20 > On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 5:19=E2=80=AFPM Terry Packer via Tigers = >> I'd like to investigate whether intermittent contact with the rubber = snubbers is adding firmness to the feel of my MkI's front suspension. = Unfortunately guessing at the condition of the road springs by comparing = tire clearances, ride heights, etc, is usually inconclusive because of = car to car variables like wheel and tire sizes. >>=20 >> So before disassembling anything I'd like to first do a quick "look = see". To that end, can anyone share the intended clearance between the = 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 question is how much front wheel travel the Tiger design was = intended to provide. I haven't see either of these dimensions in the = Workshop Manual and either one might help inform whether a more invasive = investigation is justified. >>=20 >> Thanks Much >> Terry >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >>=20 >>=20 >> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html >> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers = http://autox.team.net/archive >>=20 >> Unsubscribe: = http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/winbladgary@gmail.com >>=20 >>=20 > _______________________________________________ >=20 >=20 > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers = http://autox.team.net/archive >=20 > Unsubscribe: = http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jay.laifman@gmail.com --Apple-Mail=_E01AAEC7-3C26-4010-BB94-4BDD7E7FFB72 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable charset=utf-8 I=E2=80=99ll = add a twist on this.  I put the disc brake conversion on my Alpine. =  The caliper is positioned such that if the rear compresses enough, = the lip of the frame above the rear end will hit the parking brake = spring part of the caliper before any stop is hit.  I don=E2=80=99t = know that I have ever hit such a bump that has caused anywhere near that = kind of compression.  But it still makes me nervous.  I=E2=80=99= ve been debating adding a bigger stop 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 the different position is = that the parking brake rod and cable will no longer = work.

Just a thought to add to the collective = knowledge.



On Aug 5, 2026, at 7:33=E2=80=AFPM, Gary Winblad = <winbladgary@gmail.com> wrote:

Terry,
I bet Tom Hall could give you those = answers.
My stock Tiger is lowered with ground down rubber = spring pads and stock sagged springs, don't think it ever bottoms.  = Might be due to the shock setting.
Gary = Winblad


On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 5:19=E2=80=AFPM Terry Packer = via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net> = wrote:
I'd like to = investigate whether intermittent contact with the rubber snubbers is = adding firmness to the feel of my MkI's front suspension. Unfortunately = guessing at the condition of the road springs by comparing tire = clearances, ride heights, etc, is usually inconclusive because of car to = car variables like wheel and tire sizes.

So before disassembling = anything I'd like to first do a quick "look see". To that end, can = anyone share the intended clearance between the 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 question is how = much front wheel travel the Tiger design was intended to provide. I = haven't see either of these dimensions in the Workshop Manual and either = one might help inform whether a more invasive investigation is = justified.

Thanks Much
Terry

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