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1. [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: "Brent Edinger" <banana111@msn.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:36:46 -0800; I ran a set of these on my Alpine race car and the only problem I encountered was when I ran a set of 185/60-13 tires the oil pan would scrape the track under heavy braking. (all braking is heavy whe; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00135.html (8,773 bytes)
2. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:40:18 +0000; Stiffer springs would no doubt fix that. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Tigers@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00136.html (9,612 bytes)
3. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:08:09 -0500; Thank you, Brother Edinger. Now, pray, share with us the basic concept: what in the world are "drop spindles" I suspect I must know this before I can die happy. Do not let me down. I am VERY thick-wi; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00137.html (8,072 bytes)
4. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: michael king <michael.s.king@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:23:07 +1100; The spindles that mount your front wheels have a point where they extend out.. on later model hillmans they used the same spindle but the pitching point for the wheel attachment is higher up.. so th; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00138.html (8,091 bytes)
5. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:34:53 +0000; stub axles with the spindle closer to the mid point of the lower and upper a-arms. Its lowers the wheel into the body. Also screws up bump steer. (As if it was ever perfect....) _____________________; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00139.html (8,990 bytes)
6. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: "Jim" <jim@island.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:49:56 -0800; The dropped spindles can be had from a Hillman Minx ( series V & VI ), Singer Gazelle ( series V & VI ) and Sunbeam Rapier (series IV & V ) that were produced from late '63 to '67 . From what I've b; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00140.html (8,988 bytes)
7. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:13:58 -0500; Thank you, Michael. Say all again all after, as they say. This is gibberish. I do not know what "a point where they extend out" means in common English. Marc _________________________________________; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00142.html (8,290 bytes)
8. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:16:40 -0500; Thank you, kind sir. You are trying to communicate, but what you are saying is gibberish. Why cannot you folks just can the technical language and give us the actual stuff. Why not reference drawings; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00143.html (8,125 bytes)
9. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:19:20 -0500; come Thank you. But I have not the slightest idea of what you are speaking. What the hell is a "drop axle"? Is there anyone out there who can set this out in Layman's Terms or who can provide a drawi; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00144.html (8,681 bytes)
10. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Stephen Waybright <gswaybright@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:50:11 -0800 (PST); These guys are using the layman terminology. It's a pretty common thing to car guys, but if you don't know these phrases, it's pretty tough to explain.Do a Google search on "drop spindle"... you'll; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00147.html (9,489 bytes)
11. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:40:10 -0500; Pray,, let us keep the discussion concentrated on those of us who are interested. You Tiger guys seem to want to wander off into personal discussions. Pray, keep those of the Alpine list in the discu; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00149.html (7,890 bytes)
12. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Dave Munroe <dave@munroe.ca>; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:07:01 -0400; I feel your pain. But part of the fun of owning these cars is knowing how they work. Your problem with the "jargon" is not limited to automobiles. Try and butt into a conversation sometime between m; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00151.html (8,892 bytes)
13. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:16:29 -0600; When I rebuilt the suspension on my '65 Tiger, which I had lowered with shorter springs many years earlier, I switched to a set of the dropped spindles. I acquired them from a friend who had imported; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00152.html (9,363 bytes)
14. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Cullen McCann <cmccann@lwpb.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:42:33 -0600; "Lowering a car by shortening the springs will affect bump steer. Using the drop spindles with stock height springs (and stock A-arm mounting points) will not alter bump steer characteristics." I hav; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00153.html (10,059 bytes)
15. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: coolvt@aol.com; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:03:59 EST; Continuing the theory of lowering the front end....what happens if it's lowered and the rear remains at the original height? _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://ww; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00154.html (8,430 bytes)
16. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Cullen McCann <cmccann@lwpb.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:09:40 -0600; Continuing the theory of lowering the front end....what happens if it's lowered and the rear remains at the original height? HEHE...hey mark....well we will have to go back to the early 80's to see t; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00155.html (9,345 bytes)
17. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:11:51 -0500; learned, I suspect that I own more Sunbeam tech literature than most on the List. None discuss "drop spindles". I am waiting for someone to explain the term in layman's terms. So far, all we know is; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00156.html (9,394 bytes)
18. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: "Buck Trippel" <BuckTrippel@Verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:43:32 -0800; Rake is OK but most, like Owain also lower the rear. Most use lowering blocks but I prefer Rob's reverse shacklers springs. Buck Trippel _______________________________________________ Support Team.N; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00159.html (8,765 bytes)
19. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: "Thomas Witt" <atwittsend@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:07:56 -0800; Since I teach for a living I'll give it a try: 1. The purpose of the drop spindle is to lower the front end of the car. 2. To see for yourself how this works, remove one of your front wheels, calipe; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00161.html (12,021 bytes)
20. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1): Author: Stephen Waybright <gswaybright@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:16:59 -0800 (PST); How technical should we get on this??? It depends on how much the drop, but in general if nothing else is changed I believe front caster angle increases (not bad in itself), understeer should decreas; /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00163.html (10,461 bytes)

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