do you have to have a panhard rod for a weekend driver?
10-30-2005, 08:11 PM
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do you have to have a panhard rod for a weekend driver?
just wondering if u need the rod and the brace above it? i removed both during fuel pump install and like the look of not having one soooo do u need it?
10-30-2005, 08:16 PM
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Re: do you have to have a panhard rod for a weekend driver?
YES!
You can't even drive the car without the panard bar as it is the only thing keeping the rearend centered under the car. The brace is necessary to strengthen the panard bar mount.
You can't even drive the car without the panard bar as it is the only thing keeping the rearend centered under the car. The brace is necessary to strengthen the panard bar mount.
10-30-2005, 10:16 PM
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Re: do you have to have a panhard rod for a weekend driver?
Dude... that would be real funny to see your rear end go one way tires and all while you fish tail the rest of the rear end the other way.....
grin... really you need to keep that thing there man... It would be catastrophyc if you try to drive a few feet without it.
Marvin
grin... really you need to keep that thing there man... It would be catastrophyc if you try to drive a few feet without it.
Marvin
10-30-2005, 10:52 PM
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Re: do you have to have a panhard rod for a weekend driver?
Originally Posted by flatlander757
I felt my brain just get smaller when I read that.
Why screw with the suspension just for looks?
Why screw with the suspension just for looks?
10-31-2005, 02:33 AM
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Re: do you have to have a panhard rod for a weekend driver?
Originally Posted by RE AND CHERYL
YES!
You can't even drive the car without the panard bar as it is the only thing keeping the rearend centered under the car. The brace is necessary to strengthen the panard bar mount.
You can't even drive the car without the panard bar as it is the only thing keeping the rearend centered under the car. The brace is necessary to strengthen the panard bar mount.
10-31-2005, 08:16 AM
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Re: do you have to have a panhard rod for a weekend driver?
Originally Posted by Big_Z
you do gotta be smooth with the turns though, the whole rear will wander around and scrape the tires in the wheel wells lol
10-31-2005, 11:05 AM
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Re: do you have to have a panhard rod for a weekend driver?
Originally Posted by red96z
just wondering if u need the rod and the brace above it? i removed both during fuel pump install and like the look of not having one soooo do u need it?
"like the look of not having one soooo do u need it?". Well if you are dumb enough to take it off and think you don't need it, go right ahead and drive the car. It will look sooo good going down the road.
11-01-2005, 07:21 AM
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Re: do you have to have a panhard rod for a weekend driver?
I think he means the panhard brace. Drag racers often remove the upper brace because they only go in a straight line. I wouldn't remove it on a street car, the side loads on the panhard rod would likely break the mount and end up causing serious damage.
Drag racers often remove the upper brace because they only go in a straight line. I wouldn't remove it on a street car, the side loads on the panhard rod would likely break the mount and end up causing serious damage.
11-01-2005, 08:50 PM
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Re: do you have to have a panhard rod for a weekend driver?
Umm, no, he did specifically mention both the PHB and the brace.
No PHB means that the tires vs fenderwells are the only things keeping the axle from leaving out one side of the car. Not that the inner sidewalls of the tires and the inner wheel flanges will be very happy about their new duty . . .
No brace means that sooner or later either the chassis bracket or the metal that it's attached to will fail. At that point it's like not having the PHB installed except now you have the PHB and its chassis bracket dangling off the axle bracket and flopping around.
red96z - if you like the looks of no PHB or brace that much, may I suggest that you go ahead and remove them and place the rear of your car up on blocks such that you can admire the new-found appearance from the comfort of your living room chair. As a helpful suggestion, you might want to get the car turned around for best view first.
Norm
No PHB means that the tires vs fenderwells are the only things keeping the axle from leaving out one side of the car. Not that the inner sidewalls of the tires and the inner wheel flanges will be very happy about their new duty . . .
No brace means that sooner or later either the chassis bracket or the metal that it's attached to will fail. At that point it's like not having the PHB installed except now you have the PHB and its chassis bracket dangling off the axle bracket and flopping around.
red96z - if you like the looks of no PHB or brace that much, may I suggest that you go ahead and remove them and place the rear of your car up on blocks such that you can admire the new-found appearance from the comfort of your living room chair. As a helpful suggestion, you might want to get the car turned around for best view first.
Norm
Last edited by Norm Peterson; 11-01-2005 at 08:55 PM.