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Watts link was the clue I was looking for. I googled it and found a good description of how it works. panhard bar. The info on this Mustang site under rear suspension. FYI, this car did have a racing background.
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Hello TexasSprite.
to be a little pedantic it is actually Watt Link or Linkage, without the 'S'.
Looking at the linked site, I am a little intrigued with the chassis mounting of the bell crank. The roll centre of a car with a Watt linkage is at the pivot of the bell crank. However quite how that works when it's chassis mounted I don't know?
Alec
to be a little pedantic it is actually Watt Link or Linkage, without the 'S'.
Looking at the linked site, I am a little intrigued with the chassis mounting of the bell crank. The roll centre of a car with a Watt linkage is at the pivot of the bell crank. However quite how that works when it's chassis mounted I don't know?
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Hi Alec,
Maybe this is one of those colour vs color semantic things. I found this on wikipedia:
Wikipedia Watt's linkage reference
The description has a cool little animated diagram of how the horizontal travel is limited while allowing vertical movement.
This thing has got to be the automotive equivalent of the PF Flyer "action wedge".
Maybe this is one of those colour vs color semantic things. I found this on wikipedia:
Wikipedia Watt's linkage reference
The description has a cool little animated diagram of how the horizontal travel is limited while allowing vertical movement.
This thing has got to be the automotive equivalent of the PF Flyer "action wedge".
Hello TexasSprite,
that was the inventor's name, Watt. (More of a steam engineer, and I suspect that someone spotted the principle and used it on a car)
At least Wikipedia is a little more grammatically correct with the apostrophe s.
Aston Martin used this system on their DB4,5 and 6 series cars. Later cars used a De Dion system. Incidentally they had another system on the DB3 racing car which was a pin protruding from the rear of the differential which rode in a vertical channel on the chassis. This effectively prevented any sideways movement of the axle. Wear would be a factor I would think if this was used on a road car.
Alec
that was the inventor's name, Watt. (More of a steam engineer, and I suspect that someone spotted the principle and used it on a car)
At least Wikipedia is a little more grammatically correct with the apostrophe s.
Aston Martin used this system on their DB4,5 and 6 series cars. Later cars used a De Dion system. Incidentally they had another system on the DB3 racing car which was a pin protruding from the rear of the differential which rode in a vertical channel on the chassis. This effectively prevented any sideways movement of the axle. Wear would be a factor I would think if this was used on a road car.
Alec
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That sounds exactly like Alfa Romeo. They used the De Dion with Watt linkage on the GTV, 75 (Milano) 90 (Alfetta), and used the vertical slide on the GTA Beritone.
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My bad, I just ~KNEW~ there'd be the "Watt's" "Watt" thingie.
Just hum when you read my first post... pretend it has the apostrophe. Or no "s". /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
And Donn, if I still had a roadworthy GTV I would consider mounting a "T" head sliding block to the rear... *if* I could afford it. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
Just hum when you read my first post... pretend it has the apostrophe. Or no "s". /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
And Donn, if I still had a roadworthy GTV I would consider mounting a "T" head sliding block to the rear... *if* I could afford it. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif