Torque Steer

Hey guys.....was wondering.....does you car pull a little to the right when you are hard on the gas...and then ease up when you let off? I cannot recall my car doing this in the past.....maybe I just do not notice....and now it seems to do it a slight bit. It seemed to start I had a tie rod replaced.....could a tire or wheel cause this?

Maybe... If one tie-rod was bad I would think the other is similar? Did you get an alignment afterwards?

Maybe... If one tie-rod was bad I would think the other is similar? Did you get an alignment afterwards?


Yes...aligned...and the other Tie Rod was fine

I don't ever get torque steer, but I have the 3.1...it might not generate that kind of power:)

I don't ever get torque steer, but I have the 3.1...it might not generate that kind of power:)


LOL.....dunno.....hopefully others will chime up on this.....I may just be dreaming....and it was there the whole time....guess we will see!!

Thanks for replying

Ernie, torque steer is common in FWD cars. All torque steer is simply the tendency of a front-wheel drive car to try to steer itself when you are accelerating. Plus the more horsepower you have the worse it gets. If it is minimal I wouldn't worry about it. Have you done anything to the steering or suspension system recently other than the tie rod end? Although your alignment may seem good is it precise and not to one extreme or simply just in tolerance. Camber and toe in/out will affect torque steer. To minimize torque steer the object is for both driver and passenger sides on the front end mirror itself to keep the steering axis neutral. Even tires can affect the amount of torque steer, struts, etc?

Torque steer is aggravated by the fact most ft wheel dr cars have unequal axle lengths, some have cured this by putting an axle bearing/support on one axle, which in effect equalizes their lenght.

I think it depends on how bad it is. When I floor my car every once in a while I always have to compensate for the torque steer. However, I'm never having to keep myself from going into the other lane and I don't race the car so I don't keep racing tires on there or anything.

I guess just don't think your daily driver is going to drive like a race car when you feel like Mario Andretti (sp?) every once in a while :).

I get a lot of torque steer with my 3.4L DOHC...I'm having the struts replaced with KYB units in the next few months and that will come with an alignment, if that doesn't help I dunno what I'll do...maybe look into putting one of those axle bearing/supports on it if I can find one for my engine/tranny.

Jamie

Thanks for all the input guys....sounds like my car is acting pretty normal