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Panhard V No panhard rod.

Started by rodomo , Dec 30 2007 09:25 AM

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#51 Litre8

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Posted 02 January 2008 - 04:38 PM

I bought the whole KMAC rear bar kit many years ago but had custom mounts made for the bar to diff housing mounting.

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#52 _rorym_

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Posted 02 January 2008 - 04:40 PM

Oops!...The other Howard!..Lol!

Arrimar!
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#53 arrimar

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Posted 03 January 2008 - 07:05 AM

Kmac sold me the brackets to the front lower control arms.
The sliding bar clamps I had already.

would be easy to make a set,they are quite agricultural.

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#54 _LXChev366_

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Posted 03 January 2008 - 09:18 AM

I have a Panhard rod on my jigger.. I will take some pics and post...

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#55 _LXChev366_

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Posted 03 January 2008 - 05:44 PM

Here ya Go... LH side. Note my new (1/2 inch clear plastic hose) diff breather, used to get oil leaking out the seals.

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RH Side. Yep I have a breather on both sides. I drilled and tapped a new hole and fitted airline fittings. The original breather was only about 3mm in size on one side only. Now its 12mm on both sides.

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#56 _rorym_

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Posted 03 January 2008 - 06:46 PM

I want to weld the VN bracket on the face of the lower part of the shock mount bracket.....then run a big "L" arm down off the chassis rail on the other side.....it should sit about level with the bottom of the diff tubes. Could mean removing the LH fuel tank completely but its doing nothing anyway. Like the diff breather lines idea.
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#57 _rorym_

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Posted 05 January 2008 - 02:58 PM

Got my new adjustable rod today..pick up the VN diff tomorrow...will cut off the in bracket and fabricate the arm at the other end to suit.
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#58 _rorym_

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Posted 05 January 2008 - 03:15 PM

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#59 _rorym_

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 02:31 PM

Finished my brackets today...will post up pics when I get them welded on.It runs parallel with the bottom line of the diff tubes so hope it is the height Greg was talking about.
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Edited by rorym, 06 January 2008 - 02:33 PM.

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#60 _rorym_

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 02:38 PM

Like this if you get my drift.
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#61 _rocket_

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 04:00 PM

What shocks are you using RORY ?

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#62 _rorym_

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 06:56 PM

Bilsteins on the front and Koni adjustables on the rear...only because I couldnt find Bils that fit properly.
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#63 _rocket_

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 08:25 AM

What was the part number, I need to get a set for easter meet.

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#64 _rorym_

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 08:48 AM

B46-0289 Front..same as HQ.
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#65 _Baronvonrort_

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 09:35 AM

Bilsteins on the front and Koni adjustables on the rear...only because I couldnt find Bils that fit properly.
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I get my Bilsteins from Heasman steering in sydney and never had any problems.

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#66 _rocket_

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 11:21 AM

Ive got a set of adjustable Konis on the front, its the rear that needs doing.

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#67 _rorym_

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 12:10 PM

Koni rears are 80-2299.
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#68 _rocket_

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 12:33 PM

Thanks mate, Ill be chasing up a set now.

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#69 A9X

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Posted 08 January 2008 - 05:46 PM

My rear bilsteins were a great fit, wait out for pn

Welby

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#70 _brett_32i_

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Posted 08 January 2008 - 09:08 PM

where do those breather tubes go? through to the boot?
mine goes between the tank and the floor and i get lots of diff oil spilling out though and need to find somewhere better/higher...

and yeah, i think the lower the bar, the lower the roll centre.

and the first hdt pics lokks like a sway bar, not panhard.

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#71 _rorym_

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Posted 08 January 2008 - 09:21 PM

Brett...put about 3 loops in the line...that will fix you problem I reckon...agree on the HDT bar as well.
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#72 rodomo

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Posted 13 January 2008 - 09:45 PM

Did I read this or am I dreaming it? Goes something like:

"If you add a panhard rod to a Torana rear end, you are effectively creating 2 roll centres unless the roll centres are in line with each other. If not, expect something to break."

I'm sure I read this somewhere over the last couple of days but buggered if I can find it.

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#73 _rorym_

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Posted 13 January 2008 - 09:54 PM

Meaning the rod must be inline with the diff housing I am guessing.
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#74 Racehatch

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Posted 13 January 2008 - 10:09 PM

Did I read this or am I dreaming it? Goes something like:

"If you add a panhard rod to a Torana rear end, you are effectively creating 2 roll centres unless the roll centres are in line with each other. If not, expect something to break."

I'm sure I read this somewhere over the last couple of days but buggered if I can find it.

Nah your not dreaming, Matt was talking about it in this thread Boxed Trailing arms?

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#75 _Herne_

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Posted 13 January 2008 - 10:09 PM

Might be irrelevant, might not but the panhard rod on a Ford Galaxie 64? model was from memory attached to the diff housing with a rubber bush type arrangement which is very different to the Torana pics I have recently seen.
I remember replacing my fathers bushes for the panhard rod.

Herne

Edited by Herne, 13 January 2008 - 10:11 PM.