Nissan Micra rear suspension
Jon Pennington
cowboydren@yahoo.com
Wed, 20 Feb 2002 14:29:36 -0600
On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 14:11, sean mcmahon wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone made anything like that around here. Or if I got a
> rear sway bar, would that have a similar effect.
Sway bars are one (effective) thing. Panhards are another. A sway bar
(as we commonly refer to them) resists one end of the axle going up
while the other comes down, a twisting motion. A lateral link keeps the
axle centered under the body when the two *want* to go seperate lateral
directions, a sliding motion.
> Or is this link worth any thought at all or what.
Call me a monkey, but I don't think so. The entire rear locating
assembly on many Nissans is a strange (but effective!) hybrid of a
Watt's Link and a Panhard design. Watt and Panhard, by the way, are
proper names, those of the men who designed the links. Sue me if I get
the rest of the nomenclature wrong. ;) Anyway, adding a Panhard rod to
our rear suspension would introduce the very bind that Nissan was trying
to prevent. Not a good thing at all.
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