Good find?
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From: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Good find? So i was at this junkyard the other day down here in florida, a place called U-pull it, Which is self-explanatory because my brother and i were looking for some misc parts for his malibu and i stumbled upon a wrecked 92 trans am and i decided to take a look and found a Hotchkis single adjustable panhard bar on the car. Only had a minor scratch on the sticker. Paid $8.52 for it lol. My question is how do i install this correctly, the website instructions say just unbolt the old one, adjust the length to the stock on, grease and bolt it up. Anything else im missing?
Great find!!
Setting it to "stock length" is a good starting point. I suggest using either a couple of plumb bobs, if you have 2 of them, or the "poor boy" method of 2-3 large hex nuts on the end of a piece of string, and make sure the rear is exactly centered.
Tape the string to the side of the car, so the plumbs or nuts are over the center of the rear wheels. Adjust the panhard bar so that the distance between the string and a fixed point such as the outer edge of the rim, is equal on both sides.
I've seen OE ride heights all over the map, and since the panhard bar moves the rear end in an arc, the rear might not be centered, even with stock springs.
Setting it to "stock length" is a good starting point. I suggest using either a couple of plumb bobs, if you have 2 of them, or the "poor boy" method of 2-3 large hex nuts on the end of a piece of string, and make sure the rear is exactly centered.
Tape the string to the side of the car, so the plumbs or nuts are over the center of the rear wheels. Adjust the panhard bar so that the distance between the string and a fixed point such as the outer edge of the rim, is equal on both sides.
I've seen OE ride heights all over the map, and since the panhard bar moves the rear end in an arc, the rear might not be centered, even with stock springs.
