Thread: Rear Suspension questions/Ladder Bar

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Housing floaters and ladder bars work great with a leaf spring setup!!! Ran them on a couple different cars over the years. Probably the only thing I did different then most was a Watts linkage to keep the chassis centered on the housing... Yes, a Panhard bar is easier, but IMO not as good....

Thanks for the response,
I am attempting to mock up the spring perches. Then I will cut down the old Pontiac coils till the car sits level. I tryed to insert a photo here. Don't know if it worked.

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Housing floaters and ladder bars work great with a leaf spring setup!!! Ran them on a couple different cars over the years. Probably the only thing I did different then most was a Watts linkage to keep the chassis centered on the housing... Yes, a Panhard bar is easier, but IMO not as good....

Dave,

I'm starting to think you get royalties on Watts linkage sales.

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Dave,

I'm starting to think you get royalties on Watts linkage sales.

Nope, no royalties. Just seen a lot of panhard bar cars end up with "weird handling" problems on the street, usually caused by the single bar pushing the rear end around. A panhard bar is probably fine on the drag strip, but less then ideal for the street.... Wish I got royalties!!!!

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The ladder bars should be fine, they are non adjustable so be sure your car is at ride height when you weld the bars in place, and get the pinion angle set so that it will be correct when the car has all the done weight on it and is going down the highway!!!!