Tom
Please don't tell me that you are betting your life and
car on unknown fulcrum pins that Derek White from
South Africa says are EN24. Does he have any
specifics and guarantees how this relates to SAE
ratings? Are you a qualified automotive engineer
in order to know what you are inducing when you
start modifying the relationship between the
fulcrum pin and bushings. I would gladly submit
you test results to my Phd Metallurgist who is a
stress analysis expert, to get his approval.
Sadly I just spoke to him. He has advanced
throat cancer and is not expected to live.
If you want to make modifications on your own,
do so at your own risk. Are you willing to take the
moral and legal responsibility if someone uses
such a setup only to have it fail 5 or 10 years
down the road?
John Logan tech tip should be required for all
Tigers. It ranks right up there with welding the
shock towers and upper ball joint mounting
sleeve.
Our cars are 37 years old with even older design
technology. As fatigue failures start to surface
it becomes all of us to alert fellow owners of
problems. To keep upping the horsepower and
changing suspension components may be
making changes beyond the capability of the
design. You must know what you are doing.
Time to get down from the high horse.
Dave Johnson, B382002668(under repair) Aurora, IL
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