Panhard Bar

So the Panhard bar is the suspension piece that keeps the rear suspension centered left and right.  This picture shows the right frame rail and the panhard bar mount.

Here is a shot from underneath.  Unfortunately as you can see here, the Panhard bar is just about horizontal with the suspension fully collapsed.  So we are going to build the frame end mount a little lower so that it is slightly 'downhill' when collapsed, then horizontal at ride height and then slightly 'uphill' on her tippie toes.  We were originally going to put the axle end on the rear face of the axle tube, but this would mean that the spherical rod end would be moving the wrong way.  So we rotated it toward the bottom, making the frame end now too short.  Oh well, live and learn.

Here it is from the top.  You can see that the panhard bar angles back slightly, it seems to be okay though.

Here is the axle tube mount.  We are going to finish weld it all later, just before sandblast and paint.  As a final note, I called the guys over at Airbagit.com and they are the best!!  I finally blew the dust off of my visa card and bought the airbags that I need.  We are going straight bags on all four corners, so we will have to fabricate a shock mount for the front suspension.  Joe and Tom, thanks you guys, you're the best!