Gosh, if you can make the car steer, by all means, post the answer on the
list.
Shuddering around corners
Doug Leithauser
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> From: DrMayf <DrMayf@aol.com>
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Tiger Steering Dimensions???
> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 7:59 PM
>
> Excuse the double listing if you've already got this...
>
> Does anyone on the list have their Tiger's crossmember out on the floor?
If
> so, would you mind taking a couple of measurements for me?
Estimate/measure
> the distance from a line drawn between the lower ball joints and the
> centerline of the steering rack and pinion. I guess somewhere between 7 -
10
> inches, but I need to know within a half inch or so. Also the distance
between
> the rack and pinion joints (ie the ball sockets at the end of the rack -
not
> the tie rod ends).
>
> So you want to know why, do you? Well, my Tiger is up against the wall in
the
> gargage with all sorts of stuff stacked around it. Plus it is hard to
make the
> measurements while the cross member is in the car. I am trying to correct
the
> ackerman angle problem by fabricating new steering arms and this
information
> is helpful. No, and I am not building a Tiger clone.
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
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