39 Buick 8 Special Panhard Rod Pic?

[RoyJ]

I have a 1939 Buick 8 Special 40. My rear Pan Hard Rod broke. I need someone to please take a picture of theirs because I don’t know if it’s a straight rod or a J-rod.

 

thanks

 

Roy

[Buick35]

I give,what's a pan hard rod?

[1939_Buick]

RoyJ Welcome to the  forum

{We like photos}

The panhard rod is straight.  Would take some abuse to bend it

 

Better to ask pre war Buick questions here--> https://forums.aaca.org/forum/60-buick-pre-war/

[DFeeney]

I would think you should be able to buy a good used one by posting on the Buick page.

[RoyJ]

3 hours ago, 1939_Buick said:

RoyJ Welcome to the  forum

{We like photos}

The panhard rod is straight.  Would take some abuse to bend it

 

Better to ask pre war Buick questions here--> https://forums.aaca.org/forum/60-buick-pre-war/

Thank you so much for these pictures!!

[Gunsmoke]

Learn something new on here most days, today the "Panhard bar". I knew Panhard (the French car maker) had a variety of unique suspension systems going back 100 years, and thus this variation of an early sway bar. Never knew it was used on North American cars.   

[pont35cpe]

Not to be confused with the stabilizer bar.

[Bloo]

It is indeed used on a gazillion North American cars, and is not the same thing as what an American would call a sway bar (usually that means an anti-roll bar). EDIT: AKA stabilizer bar.

 

A Panhard Rod is the sole side-to-side locating member for the rear suspension on cars that use one. On torque tube Buicks, it is the only rear suspension member other than the torque tube. An alternative is a Watts Linkage. It is geometrically better than a Panhard Rod, but adds more unwanted unsprung weight. Everything is a tradeoff.

 

Something has to hold the rear axle against side-to-side loads. Ways around using a Panhard Rod include using leaf springs, or a four link suspension with angled links.

 

Edited January 5, 2023 by Bloo (see edit history)