ok the panhard is going bye bye!!!

[ILLEGAL REGAL]

This thing rides like crap if ya ask me, dips in the road makes you think you're riding on flat tires the way it sways around. I honestly cant believe one of the suspension companies hasn't developed a cure for this... maybe not enough people complain about the ride.



watts link---- does the job well but kp's bolt on deal doesn't give adjustment for your roll center which may affect the ride quality. Not trying to slalom the brick at all but it's expensive and no adjustment. Not to mention it's pricey and has rod ends which I wont run on a daily driver.

wishbone--- as no spare tire on it I've got room to the frame rails at the rear and can then do a TA performance rear girdle and make a mount for the center of the wishbone. Less complicated than a watts link as there's more room to work in the direction I'd go. Can make with delrin bushings which are self lubricating and offer the smallest amount of deflection.

diagonal link--- surely the easiest/cheapest way to go just need to bend it to clear the fuel tank and hope it wouldn't hang low enough to worry about catching it on anything.

 

[R.Beezy]

since your problem seems to be the swaying, maybe you should try some sway bars. the panhard bar should have nothing to do with it. the panhard bar just recenters the wheels to the wheel wells after lowering.....

i just recently installed belltech sway bars on my ride and the body rolls and leaning on my truck has gone. the belltechs are much more solid than the stocks

 

[ILLEGAL REGAL]

A 3" sway bar won't fix it

---------- Post added at 06:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:40 AM ----------

Just to clarify, it's not a body roll issue it's having.

 

[R.Beezy]

oops sorry bro. i misunderstood the problem

 

[lorax54]

How about you just replace all the worn pieces with new ones? Don't know what year your truck is, but maybe the suspension just needs to be freshened up. Mines stock, but have replaced the shocks with Belltechs, as well as both sways with aftermarket. Rides pretty damn nice, to me. Or your truck is a POS and you should just buy a new one.

 

[Max]

My truck rides like butter with a 4/6 drop, something isn't right with your truck.

 

[NORCAL SS]

what set up are you running in both front and rear?

my older customers (50-60 years old) trucks ride great with the combos ive put in them and those are the hardest customers to satisfy.

 

[ILLEGAL REGAL]

5" springs/shock relocators/sway bar links/lower arm relocators

---------- Post added at 09:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:36 PM ----------

Max, can yasnap a pic of your panhard for me? Mine is about 2-3" lower on the frame than the mount on the housing.


Lorax54.. nothing is near wore out, it's just the nature of the beast and the sway bar design when the suspension compresses and unloads the bar pushes and pulls the rear end side to side and it's exagerated more when the bar is closer to being level like mine is.


maybe it's the race car side of me thats complaining, but I know it can be fixed and ride much nicer over dips.

 

[SSmurdered]

illegal, i know exactly what you mean. over big woops on the highway i can feel the body getting pushed side to side. little scary doing triple digits!

 

[ILLEGAL REGAL]

^^^^ I bet! It's uneasy at 80