Thread: PanHard Front End?
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08-08-2008 07:19 AM #1
Yes, if you use a Pete and Jakes Panhard rod made to fit with your front axle set-up, it will save you some fabricating and welding. I think that their Panhard bolts to the passenger side batwing, I can't remember how it attaches to the frame. Front end alignment on these I-beam set-ups is very straightforeward, and can be easily done at home. Firstly, the kingpins should lean towards the rear of the car at the top, by an angle of 5 to 7 degrees from vertical. when the car is setting on a level surface (6 degrees is considered 'perfect")---just make sure it is the same on both sides of the car. You achieve this by adjusting the length of the upper and lower 4 bar links---and it is better to get half the adjustment on the top 4 bar and half the adjustment on the lower 4 bar to minimize spring bind. Set the toe in for approx 3/32" to 1/8" measured at the widest part of the front tires, by adjusting the length of the tie rod between the front spindles.. Thats basically it---If your steering wheel doesn't end up exactly where you want it when going straight down the road, then play with the length of the drag link that runs from your steering box arm (Pitman arm) to the passenger front spindle.Old guy hot rodder
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