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Originally Posted by Bob Mulry
I can't take it anymore.......
Panhard bar = poor man's watts link and is ONLY used to latterly locate the rear end housing under the car.......
Sway bar = anti-roll bar = stabilizer bar and it is ONLY used to control body roll by applying pressure across the vehicle.....The body wants to roll but because the bar is attached to the body and the links try to twist the bar to roll.......In some types of racing the racers like to have the links adjustable to pre-load the suspension with out changing the spring rate.......
Same thing with the "anti-sway bars = anti-roll bars = stabilizer bars" that bolt solidly to the lower control arms. The bar will always attempt to keep the control arms parallel and prevent body roll....
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i think neveryone but Ed will agree with you, i have never heard a panhard rod called a sway bar,