Wally,
Try Dan William's Top Loaders
206 East Dogwood Drive
Franklin, North Carolina 28734 USA
Phone 704-524-9085 Noon to midnight local
FAX 704-524-4848
Write for his literature. Don't phone unless you have a lot of nickels, he'll
talk
your ear off. I'd stay away from his "3 piece input shaft". It may sound nice,
that you can change that gear, but it's only a way of making the piece cheaper,
not
functionally useful. He knows a lot about top loaders and even the Tiger ones,
and
has articles on them. You'll need to keep your nose bearing retainer, case,
output
housing and shaft, synchro's (If there are good). Everything else gets replaced
cheaply, or you take your chances. I "broke mine in for about 1,000 miles on
90wt
gear oil, then switched to Mobil 1 synthetic GEAR oil. Much slicker.
This is not a difficult job (except the R&R part, which has a few little
tricks),
and you will be pleased with the results, I predict.
Steve
Wally Menke wrote:
> At 08:56 PM 6/07/98 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >Paul Burr wrote:
> >
> >Bill: You must have a Diesel Volvo as an everyday driver ;-) (Paul
> >
> >> chuckles as he slips into his nomex underwear.) My first Tiger was
> >> configured this way- GIAGANTIC 1st gear bog off the line. Yeah, the ability
> >> to cruise at 90 mph whilst ticking over ar 2900 rpm was nice, but getting
> >> dusted by Honda Civics in stop light drags got old real fast! My second
> >> Tiger had a @ 3.25 rear ratio- nice off the line, and very tolerable cruise
> >> rpm's. The 3rd Tiger had a 3.71 ratio rear end- head snapping! A little bit
> >> annoying on long interstate drives, however.
> >
> >Paul,
> >
> >You've identified the illness properly, but keep getting the "cure" wrong.
> Your
> >problem is NOT the 2.88 rear end. It's that close-ratio first gear.
> substitute
> >a set of top loader wide ratio gears and you'll get what your looking for,
>lots
> >of off-the-line torque and power. And you'll still have a good 4th cruise (no
> >change in ratio in top). BTDT, and that's what's wrong with the design. The
> >MkII got it right. Who needs a 60 mph first gear?
> >
> >Steve
>
> Hi there Steve!
>
> Greetings from the other side of the Pacific.
>
> Your above and previous comments on this have motivated me to change my
> ratio's as well to the same as the MkII. Only problem is Top Loader gears
> are'nt that common over here. Is there anywhere over your side that has
> these easily available, ie. mail order house, or via the Net??.
>
> I finally got my garage built, and house painted, fortunately the wheather
> is now too cool to paint here as it's winter. The Tiger is slowly being
> striped down to bit's and pieces, it will no doubt take years to put back
> together, but I'll get there. Hope to one day get over there for a TU.
>
> Best Regards
> Wally Menke - Melbourne Aust.
> B9471793
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Steve Laifman < One first kiss, >
B9472289 < one first love, and >
< one first win, is all >
< you get in this life. >
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