Off Panhard bar
Pat Ford
pford at qnx.com
Fri Mar 12 14:51:23 GMT 1999
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Shannen Durphey wrote:
> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:54:35 -0500
> From: Shannen Durphey <shannen at grolen.com>
> To: "diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu"
<diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: Off Panhard bar
>
> Too much coffee today. I've been looking at 4 link rear axles, and
> the panhard bars. It looks like the usual panhard bar will tend to
> push the axle to one side as it travels vertically. The only way to
> prevent this that I can think of is to make a bellcrank between two
> panhard bars, and mount the axle to the bellcrank. But I don't see
thats a watts linkage. works well with small axle travel ( I tried it on
a home built 4x4) with a panhard rod if the rod is long and horizontal
the arc is not that bad. HP book how to made your car handle is a good
refference for suspension info
> anyone building this setup, so the L-R movement of the axle might not
> be a problem. Anyone have some suspension experience?
I have some ( and a few friends with scca race cars)
>
> Shannen
>
>
Pat Ford email: pford at qnx.com
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