Rande,
Ah, but you see Rande, Jerry was talking about "pan hard" rods, not to be
confused with the French car company Panhard et Levassor. See this link
for more history:
http://www.ccc-uk.demon.co.uk/pindex.htm
As usual, nobody escapes unscathed on this List ;-)
TTFN,
Bob
At 10:35 AM 9/25/99 -0400, Rande Bellman wrote:
>Maybe the Vanderpools meant front sway bar.
>
>I hope we won't see any postings from folks wanting to know why their
>front Panhard rod is missing. It's missing because it was never
>installed on Tigers and Alpines.
>
>Panhard rods are used just on live axle, de dion, and on the rear of fwd
>cars with non-irs rear axles. They are used to keep the lateral
>relationship from changing between the chassis and axle.
>
>The only front axles that you're likely to see them installed on are
>four-wheel-drive vehicles with solid front axles, and never on cars with
>independent front suspension. Class dismissed.
Robert L. Palmer
UCSD, Dept. of AMES
619-822-1037 (o)
760-599-9927 (h)
rpalmer@ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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