Paul T. Standaert
Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:34:02 -0700
The axle (well, it is technically not an axle) is the perfectly horizontal thing. That seems really quite sturdy to me, and in need of no reinforcement. The panhard bar is the flimsiest piece of metal you find down there. It is U-shaped and goes diagonally. This needs reinforcement, and it should have received that from the factory. The bending of this piece is what allows your tires to rub your shock absorbers around really hard corders. Also note, however, that there are two styles of these axles. They both have a round bar running through them, and you can see it from the bottom. Some have solid bars in there, and some have hollow bars. You can tell by feeling the ends of the axles where the bar meets the axle itself. You'll feel either a round thing that hss is hollow, or a round thing that is solid. I have not compared one to the other in the same car, but supposedly the solid bar ones keep the car more level on turns. -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html