Thom,
Personally, I have been fortunate. However to answer your questions
with the many failures that have been reported:
1) Most broke while in reverse! (backward motion from parking)
2) Slow
3) Turning both right and left when backing out near full lock, slow speed
4) SHARP turns
Exceptions seem to be seen in many other maneuvers, but could have been
a delayed full crack from the reverse sharp back out overload. Geometry
and pin design NOT compatible with loads in reverse lock.
Hope this helps.
Steve
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Steve Laifman
Editor - TigersUnited.com
Thomas Witt wrote:
> Curiosity is getting the best of me. For those who have had a pin failure I
>would like to collect the data as to how that occurred. It would be helpful to
>me if the information referred to the driver and passenger sides (assuming
>left hand drive) and left and right sides were referred to from the driving
>position.
> Here are some thoughts on information you could provide from a broken pin (or
>even a bent pin - please state so if only bent):
>
>1. Direction of travel (forward, backward)
>2. Rate of speed
>3. Turning -if so- (left, right)
>4. If turning (sharp or mild)
>5. Did break occur during braking
>6. Does Tiger have wider than stock tires
>7. Does Tiger have different wheel offset than stock
>8. Does Tiger have different bushings than stock
>9. Did the break occur when the Tiger stuck something
>10. Did break occur in the upper or lower pin
>11. Did break occur at the front or back of the pin
>12. Did break inward or outward
>13. Is Tiger used in competition (thus generating higher than normal
>stresses)
>14. Mileage on Tiger
>15. Anything else you would like to add
>
> Even though it has been stated that "every pin will eventually fail" the fact
>remains that some have and others have not. Perhaps there could be
>contributing factors that accelerate the process that can be determined. Like
>my "age" survey I'll give this a few weeks and then post my findings. Thanks
>to all who choose to participate. You may help save a life!
>Regards, Tom Witt
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