- 1. Leaf spring repair/replacement (score: 1)
- Author: Mario Jorquera <MJORQUERA@intergate.dot.gov>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:10:08 -0400
- Boy, the latest Tiger page digest was full of great info...free e-mail through Juno, fixing fender botts-dot studs (thanks, Paul, I'll be trying your idea!) and nobody made too much fun of Frank Marr
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00240.html (8,203 bytes)
- 2. RE: Leaf spring repair/replacement (score: 1)
- Author: "Les McClelland, x4526" <LESM@uvsg.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 08:23:00 CDT
- Why not just have the springs re-arched. Any good auto spring company should be able to take care of it for you. Les McClelland - Tulsa OK Lesm@prevuenet.com Boy, the latest Tiger page digest was ful
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00241.html (8,518 bytes)
- 3. Re: Leaf spring repair/replacement (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 09:44 EDT
- Perhaps we should swap springs; mine is lower in front! :) (Actually, I might have left out the front "isolators", oops). Cannot say about the springs, Mario, but _everything_ I've bought from VB has
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00242.html (10,553 bytes)
- 4. Re: Leaf spring repair/replacement (score: 1)
- Author: STUART_BRENNAN@HP-Andover-om3.om.hp.com
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 07:57:12 -0600
- Item Subject: Leaf spring repair/replacement My previous owner added rather robust clamp on helper leafs to raise and stiffen the rear (and control axel tramp), and put a stiffer roll bar on the fron
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00245.html (8,702 bytes)
- 5. Re: Leaf spring repair/replacement (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Laifman <av342@lafn.org>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:32:37 +0100
- Mario, Those "lifting blocks" you mention were called "lowering blocks" when I used them to lower the car body closer to the ground, back when they were built too high to hit the driveway when you ba
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00269.html (8,023 bytes)
- 6. Re: Leaf spring repair/replacement (score: 1)
- Author: marrone@wco.com (Frank Marrone)
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 23:26:33 -0700 (PDT)
- I'm very interested to hear which after-market springs look stock, but not identical to stock!! On a related note, how easy is it to swap a Ford 9" rear into a Tiger (or an Alpine). Their big. The Da
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00271.html (7,609 bytes)
- 7. Re: Leaf spring repair/replacement (score: 1)
- Author: tigerpb@ids.net (Paul Burr)
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 22:38:12 -0400
- Mario; I had my springs redone at a local spring shop. They rearched them, added a fifth leaf at my request, and replaced all the hardware. The cost? A blazing $85 for the pair! Money well spent,esp
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00277.html (7,836 bytes)
- 8. Re[2]: Leaf spring repair/replacement (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 12:16:47 PST
- -The bane of my wife, sitting in my garage right now is a CHROMED rear-end from a Pontiac/Olds that was cut down and actually used in a '60's-era front-engined top-fueler. It is just the housing, no
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00280.html (8,598 bytes)
- 9. Re: Leaf spring repair/replacement (score: 1)
- Author: gary_winblad@juno.com (Gary A Winblad)
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 21:37:13 PST
- On Wed, 24 Jul 1996 23:26:33 -0700 (PDT) marrone@wco.com (Frank Marrone) I bought Dale's springs.. they look close enough at a glance. They have small front eyes and are supposed to be slightly stiff
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00290.html (8,078 bytes)
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