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Mar 2nd, 2015, 17:04 | #1 |
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T4 all over the place...
is it normal in the s40 t4 in 1st and 2nd gear the car be had to keep in a straigt line? i get a lot of torque steer, and sometimes is realy hard do keep in my side of the road when im in a hurry.
all my front suspension in new. |
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Was the tracking and alignement adjusted after the front end rebuild and do you have far Eastern tyres ?? Have you bounce checked the suspension and is it making any noise over bumps etc ?? It might help improve road safety if you were not in a hurry whilst figuring out what is wrong.
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Mar 2nd, 2015, 17:25 | #3 |
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You do get torque steer as you know and road camber and surface will affect it a bit but shouldn't be too excessive. I assume you had the top mounts and bearings done with all the new parts? As suggested above, is the car tracking correct? I also feel the need to wrestle the wheel a little when 'getting a move on' in 1st and 2nd gear but not to the point where it feels dangerous.
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I get this sometimes too! However, I think I have some sort of fault suspected ARB related on my front nearside but don't know if they are related..
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i dont have any clunk noises in the front suspension, the steearing was aligned as well.
the funny thing is that before i changed all the front suspension the car had the same problem, i get nervous everytime o have to overtake a car in low speed... pedal to the metal, old that steearing weel with both hands and pray!!!! the tyres are for summer, if i get weel spin its easy to control, but it the tyres stick to the ground, jesus, its realy hard. it makes me remember my old polo g40... wich a volvo s40 has nothing in common. Last edited by warmaster; Mar 2nd, 2015 at 20:33. |
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Try listening to ac/dc war machine, might calm you down a bit?
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Here is some interesting stuff about torque steer !
http://www.aa1car.com/library/torque_steer.htm |
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Sticking caliper or rear suspension fault are also mentioned as possible causes. Part of last Warmaster post: I get nervous everytime o have to overtake a car in low speed... pedal to the metal, old that steearing weel with both hands and pray!!!! It sounds like the driver in front might need a prayer or two! Try playing the Sound of Music or something.
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Mar 2nd, 2015, 22:29 | #9 |
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What about not pressing the accelerator quite so far down.
That stopped mine spinning the wheels. Not trying to be a smart ass, just think you are maybe accelerating too hard and maybe the tyres can't cope. Gary
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i had other cars, even more powerfull, tire shredding machines, and never had this problem. they kept in a straigt line and never kicked the stearing weel this way. this volvo at the beggining was funny, now it lost all its fun to fear.
my a3 8l 1.8 turbo with +/- 270hp burned tires like hell, even in 3rd. i will check the rear axle and tire pressure. |
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