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Originally Posted by LONGHAIR
Yes, that is how they function with a Panhard bar... The stock trailing arms don't "fight" with the Panhard bar. If you tried to use "upper" bars (like in a 4-link) they would cause a bind because they would travel in a different path. This different path cannot follow the arc of the original trailing arms unless it had a way to "adjust" its length to match...and if it did "slip", the centering effect that you are trying to achieve is lost.
The simplest way to attain this goal is a "Sliding Wishbone". It will keep the axle centered and not fight with the stock trailing arms. It can adjust it's length to compensate.
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Good point. I forgot about the pivot there on the lower bars at the axle...