Thread: Rearend links- 4 link, 3 link, parellel, angled???

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

While I have to agree that a Watts would work better on a car that had a lot of rear end vertical travel, with the couple of inches that the typical hot rod moves up and down a panhard doesn't have much of a chance of "arcing" the rear end from side to side. I would bet if you measured the sideward movement caused by the panhard during that couple of inches of up and down travel it would amount to maybe 1/8 of an inch.

Look at how many rods are running panhards, many coming from well known chassis builders. Then name how many Watts setups you see.

Don

Don, I know many chassis builders are using them, but does that make it right? I don't think so. It just makes it cheap and expedient. If the Panhard moved the diff laterally even 0.001", it's still in conflict with the main suspension components that are moving on a different arc. What's wrong with the Satchell Link arrangement I drew? If you're gonna make four links to bolt on the car anyway, what's wrong with angling two of them and not having to fit anything else to control lateral diff movement?