panhard rod

[spanner_monkey]

I have just bought a panhard rod poly bush kit for a 94 kzn130. There is a pair of bushes in the kit. One is larger than the other and there is one steel tube and one nut and bolt. Is this correct or is the kit I have bought only to do one end of the rod?

[Growler]

Sounds right to me.

One bush for each end of the bar and replacement mounting bolt for one end, the other IIRC mounts to a fixed point on the axle.


Go take a look and photo of your truck and post it and a photo of the kit on here so the experts can double check for you

[spanner_monkey]

It sounds right. I just thought there should probably be another tube for the other bush. Im sure it will all make sence when I take it apart

[NiftyNev]

Diff end does not have a bush. However, if the kit does not have a large washer for between the nut and bush, then cut this off the original bush or find one.

Nev.

[spanner_monkey]

Thanks for the help.

I did this job this afternoon. It was a real pain. The bolt at the chassis end was completely seized in the tube and the mount. After half a can of WD40 and a lot of hammering the end of the bolt was completely mushroomed over and hadnt moved a millimeter.

I ended up taking off the wheel and damper, cutting both ends of the bolt off with a grinder and a cold chisel and levering the rod out.

Then the bush wouldnt budge. I burned the rubber out and cut the outer sleeve. Then reassemble the whole thing with the new bushes and took it for a test.

5 and a half hours later. Car drives fine and most of all no more horrible clunk when going over bumps and round corners.