Hi all,
do you think it is acceptable to mount the panhard rod bracket in this way?
Comments welcomed. Andrew.

[Edited on 12/9/07 by goodguydrew]
Rescued attachment PanhardRod.JPG

I thought it might put too much stress on the trailing link bracket. It don't know much about suspension design though.

That is a perfectly valid way of mounting the panhard rod, aslong as you'll be using some form of spherical joint (rose joint maybe). Otherwise, and you were using the usual rubber type bush, you'll be trying to rotate the joint in the wrong direction in bump and rebound. These type of joint should rotate around the axis of the bolt through them.

Hope this is clear enough,

Andy

[Edited on 12/9/07 by andylancaster3000]

If I understand correctly, then I need to rotate the red bracket through 90 degrees so that the the bolt is horizontal, not vertical, as in the book.

[Edited on 12/9/07 by goodguydrew]

Well, sort of, for the bush type joint it would need to be orientated so that the bolt was normal (90degrees to) the rear surface of the trialing arm bracket. As you can imagine this isn't very usful as the bolt then has to go through the back of the trailing arm bracket so you may want to re-think where and how it is mounted to avoid this. If you look at the pictre in the link below you can see how the joint rotates with respect to the movement of the axle. It should be the same at the other end.

http://the-mite.com/images/Rear%20Suspension/PDRM0145.jpg



I'm pretty sure this is the case anyway. I dont think there are any rubber type joints that have enough compliance to allow them to be mounted in your original position and i'm sure some failed an SVA for this reason a while ago. If you were willing to spend a little more money and use a rose joint it would make life easier, you could use your original idea and you would have some lateral positioning adjustment.