Torque steer

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

To add to what Larry and Al have said, unequal power causes one wheel to pull harder, causing the
steering wheel to pull to one side in turn.  Add unequal compliance (or stiffness, I guess) to the
mix, and it's worse - that's why VW made the long driveshaft larger in diameter than the other, to
try to balance the compliance side-to-side.  Also, the open diff makes torque steer worse.  Not
much you can really do since it's largely a design issue...except the LSD, of course...

Ron

--- Larry Fry <rocco16@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> It's caused by unequal power being applied to each of the front wheels,
> exacerbated by unequal traction.
>   Do about it?   You can cut your engine power down to about 50ft/lbs....
> :)
> Larry
> sandiego16v
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> > What causes it and what can I do about it?
> >
> >
> > Julie Macfarlane
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