The Roadie wrote:The issue is not JUST centering at rest height, but attempting to equalize the shift as the suspension cycles up and down from resting height. A Panhard bar that's horizontal at rest optimizes this.
Right, I understand that, but it was the primary comment by Ron that at ride height it was kicked slightly to the side a quarter inch. Outside of a Watts link on a live rear axle there's typically going to be some sort of arc through the travel.
Trail X wrote:v7guy wrote:Maybe I'm missing something, but how can the crossbar be pushing anything around?
As the support bar is lowered down to meet the new bolt point for the panhard bar, the support bar's lower mounting hole moves towards the driver side, just due to the arc it travels.
That combined with flattening the panhard bar relative to the axle pushes the rear axle to the opposite side of vehicle center.
Sounds like it's pretty darn close though, if its only off by 1/4".
I understand this too, but I'm saying when you bolt that extension on, the bolts should locate the mount in a precise location, how does the support bar move the mount extension that's bolted in? I assumed the support bar had a slightly ovaled hole and it was just a fluke that the mounting hole on it was ovaled enough that it would still fit at the different angle but these guys are saying the support bar is pushing the extension over. Is there just that much play in the bracket?
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