Rear Control Arms & Panhard Rod

[fridayman]

Does anyone know if these are left/right specific? Or if they can be installed the wrong way round?

 

[Chris]

They are identical. Two short tops, two long bottoms and one cross Panhard rod. No differences at either end.


Chris

 

[fridayman]

Thanks Chris

 

[BobMurphy]

When I re-furbished mine I couldn't detect any difference between the two lower or two upper ones.

however (there's always a 'But' ) - Left & Right lower ones have different part numbers .

Does anyone know why

This implies there is a difference somewhere


Bob.

 

[fridayman]

I think I need to take them off again. I am still getting some clicking and clunking since the suspension lift and new poly bushes. Hopefully I will be able to see a mark of some sort somewhere that might give me a clue about what is making the noises. The one clunk definitely started after the panhard bushes were changed.

 

[Chris]

Well it would be difficult to get the PH rod the wrong way round as it has the bracket for the load sensing valve on it. The bushes that I put in came in a bag together. There were no ID marks for one end or the other and they fitted fine.
Odd that the lower arms have a left and right code. I can't figure that.

Chris

 

[BobMurphy]

Odd that the lower arms have a left and right code. I can't figure that.

I had stripped mine back to bare metal and removed the inner steel sleeves before I spotted the part numbers . . . It was one of those "Oooooooooo Shiiiiiiiiiiiiit" moments.

I think there are 16 combinations of left/right, front/back, rotate 180deg, Swap ends & rotate 180deg - I must have tried them all

I couldn't find any indicator marks on them anywhere.

Car seems to work fine


Bob.