The panhard blues

[cbr1234mike]

Following directions from this site with my adjustable panhard rod(rear).
I have centered the diff, however the left wheel is now hugging the gaurd and the right wheel is pushed out to the piont its rubbing.

Am i supposed to center the diff? To stop the spline chewing out the g/box? Or am i meant to get the wheels even under the guards?

[glenn l]

yeah the adjustable panhard is meant to centre the wheels in the guards.

[walesy]

your supposed to center the wheels under the guards... one side axel is always shorter than the other

EDIT: glenn l beat me to it

[cbr1234mike]

okie dokie....
wheels are pretty even, but the right wheel still rubs. even adjusted left wheel to stick out a little more and right wheel still rubs.

[walesy]

adjust it a little more, if you get it to the point where it doesnt rub but the wheels are spaced too differently take it to a suspension place near you to see what the go is, it could be your wheels are a shitty offset and dont suit the car? which would make them rub even if the diff is aligned correctly

[VrWagz1]

If ur running somthing of a vt/x/y/z then the wheels sit out further, not to metion if ur trying to run a wide tyre also. It will be difficult to get the tyres to never rub in this case, all you can do is try to get the drivers side rear wheel over to the outside as far as you can go so the passenger side has room to shift over when the car drops down, but beware if the drivers side lifts, then it will throw the wheel ito the drivers gaurd. Thats just live axle for you though, you need to adjust it to suit your circumstances.

[hsv91ss]

I had mine fitted and adjusted for $40, and the tires don't rub on mine any more on super lows with 18s, even fully loaded no rubbing.

So something must be up.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

If ur running somthing of a vt/x/y/z then the wheels sit out further, not to metion if ur trying to run a wide tyre also. It will be difficult to get the tyres to never rub in this case, all you can do is try to get the drivers side rear wheel over to the outside as far as you can go so the passenger side has room to shift over when the car drops down, but beware if the drivers side lifts, then it will throw the wheel ito the drivers gaurd. Thats just live axle for you though, you need to adjust it to suit your circumstances.

VT-VZ have IRS, no panhard rod so there is nothing to adjust.


cbr1234mike, the tailshaft angle at the gearbox can never change because it is bolted to the floor at the center bearing. This has a CV joint in it that can operate at greater angles than a universal joint so the diff can't be moved to the extent that it will wear that out.

Keep adjusting the panhard rod, but do it with the weight of the car on the wheels, not jacked up as jacking it up will push the body over to the left more.

[cbr1234mike]

thanks for feed back guys. this site is bloody awesome. ive learnt an absolute shitload from it.
i had superlows in the car and now i have ultra lows(in the rear). the wheels are 15x7 pursuits and i think they came out with 15x6's. i think its just going to be one of those things that have to be spot on, within a mm.