Have never seen nylon lowering blocks. Made mine out of solid 1" steel.
On another related note: Have you calculated what angle shims you need to
get the proper pinion angle? Would 2 degrees down be about right for a
street driven Tiger?
Bob H
> On a slightly related topic I just finished putting 2" axle-to-leafspring
> spacers in, to replace the 1" ones that were there. Now it sits more like
> I'd
> first intended when going to the whole 16" wheel thing.
>
> Items of note:
> The leaf spring centerbolts have a 9/16" diameter head. To properly locate
> the
> axle on the spacer and the spacer on the spring, I first drilled a 3/8"
> size
> hole in the 2 x 2 1/2" piece of steel tubing, top to bottom, then opened
> the
> bottom one to 9/16". The top hole got a 3/8" bolt with the hex head turned
> down to 9/16" round.
> The U-bolts should have a 2 5/8" inside diameter. I got some 1/2" size
> ones,
> then drilled the axle plate to suit.
>
> One curiosity: The 1" spacers that were in there, were made of nylon and
> looked like they were roughly cut with a bandsaw. The centerbolt hole was
> drilled 9/16, but the other side had a 5/16" shank, round head Phillips
> screw
> in it with about a 1/2" head, so that there was some slack (and then the
> nylon
> allowed some distortion too). Was this piece a one-off fabrication by one
> of
> the PO's or did someone offer a lowering kit like this at some point?
>
> Theo
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