swedeis
Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:30:36 -0700
The panhard rod locates the suspension and rear wheels side to side. The Panhard rod does nothing for the stiffness of the rear springs. Replacing it with an adjustable unit or stiffening the stock piece will make a difference in how well the vehicle tracks while being driven aggressively. The rear axle is called a "twist beam" rear axle and has an anti-sway bar built into the cross bar. Boxing this cross-bar or increasing the diameter or wall thickness of the bar will increase the roll-stiffness of the rear suspension. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twist-beam_rear_suspension Enjoy, Stefan -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In a message dated 9/19/2007 11:01:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The bar inside the rear axle does act like a sway bar. > > Take one wheel and tie it to the ground, lift the other up. What is > twisting? The cross channel. Now add a tube/bar into the channel. > Harder to twist, right? So now the two wheels are trying harder to stay > at the same level. That is what a sway bar does... > > Now, this is not as ideal as a frame/axle swat bar setup, but it is > somewhat functional and definitely cheaper for Dodge, hence why you see > them in these cars. > > Shane > > > That's why I had asked if the mod was worth it. I do have a separate sway > bar (3/4") that attached to the rear axle and it is even adjustable. > Although > Johnny said that this mod (boxing in the panhard bar) would still be > beneficial, I can't imagine how much more it would, since I already have an > aftermarket sway bar in the rear to begin with. > > -David C. Lucidi -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html