quattro Digest, Vol 12, Issue 77

[Jonathan Monetti]

thanks ed, i appreciate it.  i'm starting to think it may be time to swap
w/my '86 and see what happens.

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> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:43:03 -0600
> From: Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: 87.5 CGT Panhard Rod -- bent or straight?
> To: quattro at audifans.com
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> I just went out and looked under my 87.5 Coupe GT with a flash light
> and my panhard rod is straight all the way from one end to the other.
>
> Ed
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> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:16:38 -0400, Jonathan Monetti
> <jmone3036 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > My TFA only shows a cutaway, i.e. the ends of a rod with a zagged line
> > between (there has to be a name for that).  I'm assuming if
> there was/is an
> > angled version, it'd be there, but I am learning not to put
> anything past
> > VAG or the software.
> >
> > It looks too correct for me to think it was bent by impact.  Car aligns
> > fine.  The rod's unbent length would be 48", and the mounting
> points are 46"
> > & change, so that doesn't make sense to me either.
> >
> > Really baffled.  Maybe I'll just tell people Panhard got fired
> and this is
> > the rare factory Schmetzenburg rod.
> >
> > tx
> > jm
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Huw Powell [mailto:audi at humanspeakers.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 7:32 PM
> > > To: Jonathan Monetti
> > > Cc: Quattro at Audifans. Com
> > > Subject: Re: 87.5 CGT Panhard Rod -- bent or straight?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > I was comparing the rear suspenstions of my '86 parts coupe and
> > > my '87.5.
> > > >
> > > > While the '86 and my old '85 parts car (R.I.P.) had straight
> > > panhard rods,
> > > > the 87.5 has a bend.
> > >
> > > I went out to look at mine, but there is too much grass under
> it to see.
> > >
> > > NOTE: it's really light out.  North American viewers should
> take a break
> > > around inning seven of the game to check out the lunar eclipse.
> > >
> > > I looked in TFA and only one panhard rod is shown (87.5 specific parts
> > > are listed as being for the "NG" engine, like the rear disc brakes).
> > >
> > > So I would strongly venture to suggest that yours was bent
> after it was
> > > manufactured.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Huw Powell
> > >
> > > http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
> > >
> > > http://www.humanthoughts.org/
> > >
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