MY1PATH Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I stumbled across this one day; Watt's Linkage and after reading up about it seems like it would give a solid axle allot more freedom to articulate vs. a panhard bar and keep it much more centerd while doing so. I seen em on landrovers and theres conversion kits for muscle cars out there but I havn't seen em on any other 4x4s It'd be an interesting thing to try I suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 That looks like a great idea. I'm definitely going to research this to see if it'd work on my R50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legalalien Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Iiiiintresting, very very iiiiintresting; I think I'll keep an eye on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legalalien Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hey guys, I found this variation; i think that it would work beter for our application. http://www.tsmmfg.com/Watts_Linkage.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 It's got more parts and is more complicated than a simple panhard rod. Extra mounts, holes etc would have to be fabbed. I don't think there's any real guarantee of any benefits from converting an existing panhard-equipped axle with a Watts linkage setup instead. Is there? If mounted up high enough it would reduce your chances of hanging up on the panhard rod when offroading...coil springs would stay seated better...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 More parts mean more things that can break, bind, or need servicing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 You also have to lower your ground clearance b/c if you notice the movement of the linkages when the vehicle would be at full flex the center linkage would be below the axle (not good IMO) but it does look like on the ranger suspension that they have it so when the suspension is maxed out that it will not protrude below the axle tube but to me it doesnt look like it has a lot of flex available The panhard does a pretty good job on our trucks and I think the time and effort to optimize the watts would be well beyond using the panhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87pathy Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 watts linkage is for street rods. you won't get the axle travel with it as you will a pan hard.. or just do the math, run duel triangulated links and get rid of the pan hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY1PATH Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 watts linkage is for street rods. you won't get the axle travel with it as you will a pan hard.. or just do the math, run duel triangulated links and get rid of the pan hard. thats prolly why I hadn't seen it on allot of 4x4's save for the LandRollovers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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