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Joe wrote:
> "Steve" > wrote in message > ... > >>Marcus wrote: >> >> >>>"Steve" > wrote in message ... >>> >>> >>>>Bill Putney wrote: >>>> >>>>The whole claim of unequal halfshaft length being related to torque steer >>>>in FWD cars is a red herring IMO for several reasons. First off, even >>>>longitudinal engine FWD cars have very unequal length half-shafts (a good >>>>4"-6" difference in the case of a Chrysler LH series). And in the second >>>>case, that shouldn't matter at all unless the shaft is so short that it >>>>makes a CV joint start to bind. >>> >>> >>>Unequal length halfshafts are a primary cause of torque steer in FWD >>>cars. >> >>Only in people's imaginations. >> >> >>>Google "define torque steer" for some good write-ups on it. >> >>Yeah, its on the web so it must be true. :-/ >> > > You mean you didn't know? We've only been talking about this phenomenon in > the USA since 1980. That's just dumber'n a coal bucket. But hey, don't let > me stop you. Make fun of the truth and see if you can get it to go away. > > The truth is that the whole "unequal length half-shaft" myth was as much a myth in 1980 as it is now. And the first US built front-drives go back a lot further than 1980, too. 1978 was the first US-built transverse-engine FWD (Omni/Horizon), but Toronados and Eldorados go back to the 60s, and of course we had Cords in the 30s. But torque steer has always been about scrub radius, not half-shaft length. Have you never noticed that the Eldorados and Toronados had very unusual extremely offset (inboard) wheels? That wasn't a stylistic choice, it was to move the scrub radius closer to zero. |
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