I am just wondering what the bar above my Panhard Bar is. Its as long as the Panhard Bar but is above it and on an angle. I Havent heard of anyone ever calling it something, so I just wondered what its official name was lol.

I have a picture of it here, sorry for the poor cell phone quality:



Thanks in advance for answering my n00b question guys.

 

Track bar.

JamesC

 

Ah I see, now what exactly does that help/do?

Looking up a Track Bar real quick Im finding its the same thing as a Panhard Bar, is that true?

 

Our cars have a track bar and a track bar brace (often called the panhard).

JamesC

 

what JamesC said, its the panhard support, call it what ever you want, track bar support, panhard support.

Without it, all the stress from the panhard bar would be on the passenger-side mount, and it would flex and probably tear off the body after a while. With the brace, the load is evenly distributed to both "frame rails".

 

That is exactly correct. The GM service manual calls it a "Subframe brace"

 

works just like streeing brace aka "wonder bar" ties in the left and right rear sub frames

could not have said it any better!

 

Thanks for all the responses guys, all really helpful.