[Alpines] [Tigers] Drop Spindles

[jarrid_gross at earthlink.net]

Marc,

If I explain it in laymens terms, will you shut the hell up?
Really, you have taken this way too far.

What is being called drop spindles are actually stub axles (there is your laymen term)
that were used as standard on 15 inch wheel equipped hillmans.
The difference being, the spindle (yes this is another laymen term) is offset on the
stub axle so that with the larger wheels and tires, the ride height is appropriate.

These are not items that were nromally offered on the alpine/tiger but since its
for another audax rootes vehicle, they also fit the alpine/tiger with a subsequent
drop in road height, which some consider to be aesthetically pleasing.


Jarrid Gross

-----Original Message-----
>From: Marc James Small <marcsmall at comcast.net>
>Sent: Dec 18, 2009 9:11 AM
>To: Dave Munroe <dave at munroe.ca>, Alpine List <alpines at autox.team.net>, tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [Alpines] [Tigers] Drop Spindles
>
>At 10:07 AM 12/18/2009, Dave Munroe wrote:
>
> >Ask Santa for a couple of Tiger repair books, or check-out the Tiger/Alpine
> >website tech sites, and learn some of the terminology. The broad strokes of
> >car repair do have their own language, but it is easily and quickly
>learned,
> >especially by someone like you who is gifted with a good intellect but
> >hampered by, forgive me, an attitude. This knowledge is what brings the
> >group together, and allows us to explain our problems to each other, and
> >understand the solutions known to others who have a deep interest in these
> >cars and are willing to share their knowledge.
>
>
>I suspect that I own more Sunbeam tech literature
>than most on the List.  None discuss "drop
>spindles".  I am waiting for someone to explain
>the term in layman's terms.  So far, all we know
>is that they were offered on post-Tiger and
>post-Alpine Sunbeam and Hillman cars.  Now, WHAT
>they are, no one has said, just that they were
>available late in the Sunbeam game.
>
>Marc
>
>
>msmall at aya.yale.edu
>Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir!
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