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Re: Torque steer from hell




Sounds like you bent a control arm, put a new one in on that side and see
if the problem goes away

Eric


On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Smith, Mike wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I've just resubscribed to the list 'cos I have a major problem. (some of you
> might remember me from three months ago - mkII GTX with 17s in the uk).
> 
> The problem is my car will pull to the right when accelerating and will dive
> left when I lift off. It will only do this if the steering wheel is held
> tight. If you let go of the wheel (or hold it very loosely) and try it, it
> goes in a straight line, and the wheel moves. It has been doing this since
> it was bashed on the front left corner. 
> I have had it checked on a jig and it was perfectly ok, *but* the left front
> wheel is ¼ inch further back in the arch the the right front. The wheelbase
> is the same on both sides (odd!). The castor is slightly different side to
> side, but not by much.
> I also have a mkII Storm which has been hit on the opposite corner - this
> was actually pulled on a jig, and drives perfectly. Rather strangely, the
> left front wheel is also in the same place as the GTX! I have checked on
> another GTX which has never been hit, and the wheels are in the correct
> place, but every measurement I can make on the floorpans of all three cars
> come out to within 2-3mm!
> 
> Aaarg! I can't work this out!
> 
> Does anyone have any bright ideas? I had thought the problem was because of
> the positioning of the wheels, but the Storm is ok. Maybe something has
> moved on the GTX that I can't see?
> 
> Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike Smith
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