[Tigers] Front Bump Stop Clearance?

[Jay]

Here is a picture of Dan’s installation, using Saturn calipers.  This is not my car.  Note that I drew a line showing the contact point, where the frame lip could hit the parking brake return spring.



> On Aug 15, 2026, at 4:33 PM, Jay Laifman <jay.laifman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Gary,
> 
> I got my kit from Dan Richardson.  Just beautiful.  And sooo much better than the self adjusting rears that didn’t. 
> 
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>> On Aug 15, 2026, at 2:25 PM, Gary Winblad <winbladgary at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> Terry,
>> I just remembered...
>> The shop manual is your friend.
>> 
>> See the alignment section, page 5 for the position to put the gap gauge you can make (page 24).
>> That is for factory stock.  My old original stock sagged springs are probably no where near correct.
>> 
>> Gary WInblad
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM Jay <jay.laifman at gmail.com <mailto:jay.laifman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> I’ll add a twist on this.  I put the disc brake conversion on my Alpine.  The caliper is positioned such that if the rear compresses enough, the lip of the frame above the rear end will hit the parking brake spring part of the caliper before any stop is hit.  I don’t know that I have ever hit such a bump that has caused anywhere near that kind of compression.  But it still makes me nervous.  I’ve been debating adding a bigger stop inside the shock itself (the are Konis, which I think do have such stops), or rotating the caliper to a different position.  The problem with the different position is that the parking brake rod and cable will no longer work.
>>> 
>>> Just a thought to add to the collective knowledge.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 5, 2026, at 7:33 PM, Gary Winblad <winbladgary at gmail.com <mailto:winbladgary at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>>> Terry,
>>>> I bet Tom Hall could give you those answers.
>>>> My stock Tiger is lowered with ground down rubber spring pads and stock sagged springs, don't think it ever bottoms.  Might be due to the shock setting.
>>>> Gary Winblad
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM Terry Packer via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>>>>> I'd like to investigate whether intermittent contact with the rubber snubbers is adding firmness to the feel of my MkI's front suspension. Unfortunately guessing at the condition of the road springs by comparing tire clearances, ride heights, etc, is usually inconclusive because of car to car variables like wheel and tire sizes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So before disassembling anything I'd like to first do a quick "look see". To that end, can anyone share the intended clearance between the top of the stock rubber snubbers and their corresponding stop-pads on the cross-member for a (mostly) stock Tiger with known good springs? A related question is how much front wheel travel the Tiger design was intended to provide. I haven't see either of these dimensions in the Workshop Manual and either one might help inform whether a more invasive investigation is justified.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks Much
>>>>> Terry
>>>>> 
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