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My truck did not originally have a rear sway bar.
Adding a Beltech sway made a huge improvement in ride-quality and of course handling and stability also.
A few minutes ago I wondered about the possibility of adding a Panhard bar.
I didn't even know off the top of my head if you could have a Panhard with a leaf suspension, but Google found the answer to that easily.
That led me to the Watts linkage setup, which has been around for a very long time and was used years ago when all cars had leaf springs.
The idea is to help stabilize the rear axle and prevent side-to-side motion when the axle begins to bounce around.
Neither a Panhard or Watts linkage is very sophisticated, I'm sure there are many street-rod shops that can fab one up...
If these trucks were not so damned hard to bag or do a coilover I'd be looking in that direction, but it seems a simple Watts might be way more do-able.
http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/89108-Panhard-Rod-on-a-Leaf-Spring-Car
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt's_linkage
Just wondering what might yield a better ride from a basic leaf suspension..
If I can get better handling then that'd be OK too.
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Adding a Beltech sway made a huge improvement in ride-quality and of course handling and stability also.
A few minutes ago I wondered about the possibility of adding a Panhard bar.
I didn't even know off the top of my head if you could have a Panhard with a leaf suspension, but Google found the answer to that easily.
That led me to the Watts linkage setup, which has been around for a very long time and was used years ago when all cars had leaf springs.
The idea is to help stabilize the rear axle and prevent side-to-side motion when the axle begins to bounce around.
Neither a Panhard or Watts linkage is very sophisticated, I'm sure there are many street-rod shops that can fab one up...
If these trucks were not so damned hard to bag or do a coilover I'd be looking in that direction, but it seems a simple Watts might be way more do-able.
http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/89108-Panhard-Rod-on-a-Leaf-Spring-Car
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt's_linkage
Just wondering what might yield a better ride from a basic leaf suspension..
If I can get better handling then that'd be OK too.
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