White Knight
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BBD built a link set up for BBD1 and he ran a panhard bar and he pulled with it --I dont' recall how many links it was though, but I want to say 4--so in essence it was a 5 link--there should be some pics somewhere on the internut of what he built yrs ago....it was a stout set up that I do remember
and yes like the others stated a 4 link has 4 bars and a 3 link has 3 bars, but in almost every case there's a panhard bar with a 3 link set up--which makes it 4 bars--yes it's confusing, but when talking about link set ups you're talking about how many bars travel from the axle to a point forward or backward----
chris
Here's some pictures of that suspension for BBD1: Suspension
The triangulated 4-link is nice for lots of travel where a panhard's arc would be significant. But for lesser travel systems it's not so bad. It seems like heavy trucks tend to use a panhard bar to control axial movement, and it works pretty well.