Howdy,
One of the very few jobs remaining on my car involves prop catchers. I've been anticipating needing to get them fabricated at some expense.
However whilst waiting my turn at the local garage, I noticed the selection of exhaust clamps on the wall. This led me to acquire one and now leads
me to ask, can I save myself time and expense but still save my legs? Please see the images below.
PropCatchMaybe
PropCatchMaybe2
Thanks.
Looks like a good solution to me...
I added some 2mm plate to the tunnel where the prop UJ spins to stop stuff punching through the tunnel sides
I Just made mine out of a piece of bent bar with some angle welded to it to hold in place on a chassis rail.
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Message FASTdan
He sells them.
Stainless steel and £9.99 +£3 postage!!
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Originally posted by Matt21
Message FASTdan
He sells them.
Stainless steel and £9.99 +£3 postage!!
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Originally posted by TimC
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Originally posted by Matt21
Message FASTdan
He sells them.
Stainless steel and £9.99 +£3 postage!!
Yes, but they mount from both sides so not ideal in this application.
Prop catchers do work, only part of me damaged was my trousers 
[Edited on 11-9-17 by 40inches]
Just checking that:
a: Your attaching it to a rail, rather than aluminium?
b: Use one each end of the prop. The one at the front is the important catcher.
Thanks All,
So, I think I'll go with it at the front (yes, through steel) and then something like tims31's at the back end.
RearProp
Thanks again.
TimC
Hi Tim
Check out farm shops, Tim.
They have 10mm dia 'U' Bolts
The weak point is the junction of the thread and trap nut.
Could be an idea to wind the trap nut to the shank and weld it.
Dave
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Originally posted by tims31
I Just made mine out of a piece of bent bar with some angle welded to it to hold in place on a chassis rail.
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my plan is to make mine out of kevlar - it's got very high abrasive resistance, and is incredibly strong in stretch. The catcher only needs to
absorb angular momentum. I say ... only.
M
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Originally posted by nick205
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Originally posted by tims31
I Just made mine out of a piece of bent bar with some angle welded to it to hold in place on a chassis rail.
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This looks a better solution to me.
I didn't have a prop catcher in my MK Indy, were I to have fitted one I would have used this approach.
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Originally posted by loggyboy
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Originally posted by nick205
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Originally posted by tims31
I Just made mine out of a piece of bent bar with some angle welded to it to hold in place on a chassis rail.
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This looks a better solution to me.
I didn't have a prop catcher in my MK Indy, were I to have fitted one I would have used this approach.
As its a IRS diff, I would want the ring it creates to be smaller, still a lot of movement room in that design.
