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Re: front panhard rod.

To: Rande Bellman <rande@thecia.net>, Tiger News Group <tigers@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: front panhard rod.
From: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 13:48:03 -0700
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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