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tony barnhill
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Welder I've got - scrap metal everywhere...heim joints can be had...cheap is what's needed for GRM
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Rear Suspension - Rebound Straps
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Matthew E. Herd
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Well, if you've got about 3-4 feet of steel tube of reasonable size (you have to support approximately one and a half times half the weight of an MGBGT plus a reasonable factor of safety), a left and right handed heim joint and left and right handed nut, a block of steel maybe 4" by 5" by 1", a few feet of 1" by 1" Angle iron and some heavy gauge sheet metal, you're all set.
tony barnhill
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That part's easy....
Trevor Jessie
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I think one key issue is finding a suitably strong mounting location that will not interfer with any other components.
Matthew E. Herd
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Gas tank. Especially since he's relocating it a bit, the old gas tank mounting studs should provide an excellent locator. It also gives greater freedom in choosing mounting locations and frame designs (more space).
aeronca65t
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FYI:
Here's another take on a home-brew panhard rod. Mine was built from cheap steel tubing and rod ends from Summit Racing. I would have preferred to have one left-hand and one right-hand thread on the rod ends, but I didn't have a left-hand tap handy. Still, it's not that much of a deal. I used a tripod on left side of car to anchor to frame and have an aluminum clamp around the axle on the right side.
I have no hand-brake and fuel cell makes things a bit tighter. You can also see my battery mount in the first picture. Arrows point at pandhard rod-ends. By the way, my tube shocks mount to the upper-strap mounts, so I had to relocate straps slightly. Bottom shock mount is just stock U-bolt plate turned upside down.
My exhaust goes out under right-side door,so no issues with that.
I've seen panhard rods attached to both sides of the axles; either left or right. As well as very short panhard rods attached to the differential case (on Lotus 7s).
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Here's another take on a home-brew panhard rod. Mine was built from cheap steel tubing and rod ends from Summit Racing. I would have preferred to have one left-hand and one right-hand thread on the rod ends, but I didn't have a left-hand tap handy. Still, it's not that much of a deal. I used a tripod on left side of car to anchor to frame and have an aluminum clamp around the axle on the right side.
I have no hand-brake and fuel cell makes things a bit tighter. You can also see my battery mount in the first picture. Arrows point at pandhard rod-ends. By the way, my tube shocks mount to the upper-strap mounts, so I had to relocate straps slightly. Bottom shock mount is just stock U-bolt plate turned upside down.
My exhaust goes out under right-side door,so no issues with that.
I've seen panhard rods attached to both sides of the axles; either left or right. As well as very short panhard rods attached to the differential case (on Lotus 7s).
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tony barnhill
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Lots of good ideas here...Matt's got some great ones...if I do a Panhard, I really want to attach it to the axle itself...have you got photos of your aluminum clamp?
