Droop Limiter Pic - Crossle 63/68?

[Rondo]

Anyone happen to have a pic of a droop limiter for a Crossle 63/68.....pullrod front end. All the pics and setup I have seen I have found are on rocker fronts - like 80s van diemen or Reynard. Thanks for the help...

[BorkRacing]

Ron,
Either put it in your front shocks or 1x1x2 steel square tubing with a pair of bolts to adjust height between the rocker and the frame to determine how much droop to limit.

Robby

[Rondo]

Thanks Robby...not exactly sure how I "package" that with no rockers and not much room on the shocks....anyone have a picture....as they say "worth a thousand words"

Ron,
Either put it in your front shocks or 1x1x2 steel square tubing with a pair of bolts to adjust height between the rocker and the frame to determine how much droop to limit.

Robby

[S Lathrop]

What kind of shocks do you have? A common practice was to have the droop limiters in the shocks. Penske made top bearing holder in the shock body with soft bumpers to alloy the shock to top out without damage. We would then have plastic block in the shock to get the correct droop length. A real PIA to get setup but it worked very well when it was done right.

[problemchild]

Sorry I cannot help you with a pic or sketch, but I have made droop limiters for a variety of formula cars. You are just looking for a mechanical stop, so it can be anything from brackets with set screws, to chain, to cable, to slider rods. For the Crossle pull-rod, I would either go for a cable (or rod) that attaches to the lower shock eye bolt (or bull-rod eye bolt) rises vertically so that it slides through a bracket mounted on the upper frame. The adjuster would be on the top of the cable/rod and would bottom on the bracket in droop. I have used similar setups on the front of FVs where I used a female rod end on the bottom to a 5/16" threaded rod and a nylock nut as the adjuster. Worked very well with adjustments in seconds without removing any bodywork and much preferable to internal shock limiters when the rain starts! And cannot get much cheaper than two cheap rod ends, threaded rod, and brackets from scraps of angle steel.

[problemchild]

Sorry I cannot help you with a pic or sketch, but I have made droop limiters for a variety of formula cars. You are just looking for a mechanical stop, so it can be anything from brackets with set screws, to chain, to cable, to slider rods. For the Crossle pull-rod, I would either go for a cable (or rod) that attaches to the lower shock eye bolt (or bull-rod eye bolt) rises vertically so that it slides through a bracket mounted on the upper frame. The adjuster would be on the top of the cable/rod and would bottom on the bracket in droop. I have used similar setups on the front of FVs where I used a female rod end on the bottom to a 5/16" threaded rod and a nylock nut as the adjuster. Worked very well with adjustments in seconds without removing any bodywork and much preferable to internal shock limiters when the rain starts! And cannot get much cheaper than two cheap rod ends, threaded rod, and brackets from scraps of angle steel.

Something like this. Lots of options. Substitute cable with loop on bottom end for example or rod inline with shock, etc.

[kea]

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[BorkRacing]

Ron,
You can also run a cable from the top shock mount to the lower shock mount, use bolt on cable ends to adjust the length.
I believe Scott Fairchild used this method on his Zink.

Rob