Track Suspension

[Loren]

Originally Posted by Tamago

WINDO-WELD AT THE TOP?

I wouldn't expect that to hold against a stiff spring that's being bent in it's perch. Maybe if you happened to have a completely loose spring it would keep things aligned as the car came down?

If you want simple... old swing-axle cars (like my Spitfire, old VW bugs and Corvairs) sometimes used "droop limiters". They used them for a different reason, on those cars, when the axle droops, camber goes positive, and if you come down on it quickly while the camber is way positive... it's not pretty.

But, all you need is a strap or cable or chain or something to keep the axle assembly from falling low enough to unseat the spring. Sort of the same thing we're already doing with the shock. That's exactly what the shock does at full extension, it limits the droop of the axle. Adding a droop limiter takes that load off of the shock, which is probably a good thing.