Thread: stock track rod - made of cheese or just me?

Originally Posted by Dougal

So in summary. Track rod = panhard rod.

thats him....

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Dave - a bit of digging on the internet reveals that track rod is the english word and tie rod is the american. Just like the difference between halfshaft and axle, bulkhead and firewall, stub axle and spindle, etc...

Defender from Qt Services

SO since it is a Land Rover - I think track rod is just as valis as tie rod.

yep but since i work in aircraft whacker world and aircraft whacker world is american.........

it gets really confusing when you work on a vehicle that has track rods, tie rods, draglinks and panhard rods..... all on the one axle (and thats not couning sway links upper and lower contol arms and torsion bars.)

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

yep but since i work in aircraft

so you would know landys have wings not guards

clever... I like it.... but theyr'e called fenders.... its an american thing....

of course I get to call my whole car a fender and given the standards that I have to apply when I work on em the buggers had better have wings...Still cant get authority to do a full power run on the runway to test the landing gear and brakes.

I think this thread has gone beyond being anal now when it comes to what we call what who gives a shyte what the yanks or the poms call stuff were in AU guys snap outa it

Originally Posted by Dougal

So in summary. Track rod = panhard rod.

I think this has been covered but to summarise "Track rod = panhard rod" is incorrect.

Track rod = Tie rod
Panhard rod = Panhard rod (this is the rod that locates to one chassis rail and opposite side of the axle housing.)

Diana

right then the aussie bush solution...

matcha just waker with the big ammer till shes straitish then weld a picket to it sheel beright after that.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

right then the aussie bush solution...

matcha just waker with the big ammer till shes straitish then weld a picket to it sheel beright after that.

Far ken oath mate that'l work a treat

Land Rover Terminology from series manal and Defender manuals;

"Track rod" - goes from left swivel hub "track arm" to right swivel hub "track arm"

"Drag Link" - goes from the "lower arm" of the steering relay on a series to the swivel hub "track arm". On series both track rod and drag link bolt on to a shared track arm at the front of the swivel hub.

On deefer, drag link goes from the steering box "drop arm" to a track arm on the front of the swivel while the track rod connects to track arms behind the swivel housing.

The "Panhard rod" was fitted to coil sprung rovers to stop the the axle floating from side to side.

These are not my words but those accepted by the motoring world.

As preivously stated if you hit the front of the front wheels on a deefer the track rod is in compression and will buckle (sufficient force required obviously). on a series the track rod would be in tension when subjected to the same forces and therefore less likely to bend which is why we have all changed deefer ones but not many of us would have changed series ones.

Regards,
Ray