Huh? It most certainly does. In fact you CAN'T use a 4-link w/o a
Panhard or Watts link. Most 5-link setups are a 4-link trailing arm
setup + a panhard rod. Nearly all Hot Rods use this combo. Circle/Oval
track cars all use it. A few companies across the pond made trailing
arm+panhard for the MGB. Several aftermarket companies sell one to
improve the mustang handling The ford design is a cost-driven setup,
which uses upper arm geometry to mimic the effects of a panhard rod. If
Ford had used rod-ends instead of bushings, the locating effect would
have been more precise. As it is, most other setups have a 4-link
(trailing arm) that locates the axle longitudinaly and controls the
angle of pinion rotation through travel arc of the axel. It is this
same geometry that minimizes wheel hop as there are no leaf-springs to
wind up. The Panhard rod bolts to the frame and the axle at opposite
sides of the car, just like it would if used with leaf springs.
James J.
Ted Schumacher wrote:
A panhard rod doesn't work with a 4 link. As you mentioned, the upper arms -
links - are angled and serve the function of a panhard rod. Ted
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