Rear Control arm or Tie Rod ?

Hi,

Please can anyone confirm what the following part is called in the photos below (where the red arrow is pointing)of a 2001 Jimny

The bar has been bent, then straightened, but I would prefer to replace.

First of all, it was mentioned that it was a 'Rear Torsion Bar, but then someone else mentioned it may be a 'Rear Control Arm or Rear Tie Rod ?

I would be gratefull for any help in naming the bar and for any info on where I can obtain one from ?





Cheers

Paul

Its the rear panhard rod, specially made of cheese so it bends on the first trip off-road.

A number of off-road parts supplier do them. Some are simply a standard panhard rod with a bit of angle iron put on it to strengthen it whilst some are proper replacement parts.

See sites such as KAP Suzuki and DGtuning

Martin

Excellent - Many thanks for your quick response.

Off I go to find one now and I will post my findings in this thread.

I have one c/w bushes more or less brand new
ready for you to strengthen

Jamie

Jamie, clearly Paul has first dibs on the Panhard Rod if he wants if, but if not then I most certainly do!

I am looking for both a front and rear Panhard Rod in order to start an "exchange" service for strengthened ones. I want to get them strengthened and then offer a service where a customer sends me their good ones and I send them the strengthened set whilst sending their old set off for strengthening ready for the next customer etc. etc.

Happy to pay you the going rate (whatever that is??)

Martin

mlines wrote:

Jamie, clearly Paul has first dibs on the Panhard Rod if he wants if, but if not then I most certainly do!

I am looking for both a front and rear Panhard Rod in order to start an "exchange" service for strengthened ones. I want to get them strengthened and then offer a service where a customer sends me their good ones and I send them the strengthened set whilst sending their old set off for strengthening ready for the next customer etc. etc.

Happy to pay you the going rate (whatever that is??)

Martin

thats a great idea, when you start doing it id like one of the first to go, so let me know when and ill send mine to you

Martin - Thanks for the chance of having first dibs on this - However, I have managed to order one (will post details when received) So hopefully, I can receive in time for weekend, so I can get my mate to fit it !

All the best

Paul

That's a great idea martin when is the first batch gonna be ready.

Well the good news is that I have bought the first set of both front and rears from Jamie and will get them sometime over Christmas for strengthening.

Talking to Jamie there may be an issue with the bushes. I had intended that customers would remove the bushes from their originals and put them into the replacement ones, meaning I did not have to worry about it. However, Jamie has indicated that getting the old bushes out is very difficult. Therefore I may have to look into putting Polybush replacements into the strengthend ones.


Martin

Martin,
Sorry my mistake!!!
Getting the bushe's out is not a problem it's getting them back in
unless i was doing something wrong. In my opinion the poly bushes are worth the extra cost
Mine drives 100% better with poly's in !!

id pay extra for poly bushes, can only be a good thing

how would you make these stronger?
do you put a steel tube over it and then weld it? i'd like mine to be stronger but dont know how to do it.