Thread: panhard bar

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I have heard it Yes and No about having to have a Panhard bar when using leaf springs on the rear. What do think, do you need a Bar when you have 2 rear leaf springs?
Thanks for your inputs.

Navy,
Unless you've got long shackles that create a flex point I wouldn't think that a panhard bar would do anything for you with parallel leaf springs, and in fact if done with Heim ends a panhard bar will actually [U]cause[U] some lateral movement of the differential on up/down travel. If your shackles are short and not thin, flimsy material I'd opt for no bar. If you feel that you need something, a Watts Link is probably a better choice.

A well engineered and implemented panhard bar with leaf springs works very well. Jeep YJ's and Ford Superduty's utilize leaf spring / panhard bar suspensions OEM from the factory.

Jeeps, off road, big trucks and hard cornering Mustangs, I can see the point of a Panhard bar . . . but on a 40 Ford pickup street rod? Not so much.

Like Jack says, if you're planning to do this.....

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Not at all. If you wanted to do some serious cornering in a street rod with leaf springs there's nothing wrong with a panhard bar. I agree a watts link would be better, but it's really overcomplicated and over used for most applications.

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