[Amc-list] Another Rear Axle option!

["John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dan and Joe

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a very simple 4 link rear axle that
looked not unlike AMX torque links in configuration
but unequal length, with the uppers shorter than the
lowers and the lowers were about 18 inches long and
very simply mounted on the sides of the "chassis
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This is where it gets interesting. both the upper and lower control
arms are attached to the OUTSIDE of the sub frame. Going STRAIGHT
back to the axle.
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From: Joe Gray <jgray_55@xxxxxxxxx>
John. If i remember right...on the FORD 4 link rear
end assys....there is no need for a panhard bar. Tehy
angles of the four attaching arms keeps the rear
centered/lined up. Thanks,Joe
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If they mount toward the middle of the rearend and angle to the
frame then one isn't required from information I've read.
Dan Whitehead
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What I was looking at was a parallel pair of control arms mounted
to the outside of the chassis member going straight back to 
the axle and attaching between the rotor and the coil spring 
perch with the lower arm about 18 inches long and the upper 
about a foot or so. These arms were mounted in rubber so that 
they could flex if the rear axle moved around a bit. I did not 
have the opportunity to look underneath to see what kept the axle
from moving from side to side, but there is no doubt in my mind
that there is something there to do it and it will not be 
very complicated to figure it out. 

The whole thing was simplicity in a nut shell and looked 
like an appropriate solution to mount on a unibody vehicle
and could be done in a manner to minimize stress to the sheet 
metal that makes up a uni-body type car. 

Of course any dimensions have to be verified for do-ability. 


John



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