Pull Right?

[ninjanick]

Launching my 91 GST ... it seems to want to pull right uner hard acceleration. Is that because the axles are offset in length? Or due to FWD diff? Any solutions to solve this? LSD?

 

[larryd]

it has to do with the FWD Diff and torque steer.

 

[ninjanick]

will a new diff solve this?

 

[larryd]

im not sure if the Quaiffe diff would but theoretically it should. I know my car still pulls hard to the right and I have a BM LSD in it.

 

[ILOSE]

An equal-length halfshaft will minimize the pull more than an lsd. But combined it should be eliminated.

 

[taylorspl]

No body makes equal length half shafts for our cars though, I remember someone saying that Mopar used to sell some for like $800 or something stupid though.

 

[Puckman]

There used to be a vfaq on getting it done on a 1G FWD. Many people will say that it tends to not help so much after a certain amount of HP, though. You pretty much have to do all you can to control it, get an LSD for sure, whenever you can, and then just learn to hang on.

 

[ILOSE]

Originally posted by taylorspl
No body makes equal length half shafts for our cars though, I remember someone saying that Mopar used to sell some for like $800 or something stupid though.

Really? So are you telling me that an AWD doesn't have an equal length half shaft up front? It does! Just get an awd front driver shaft and dont''forget the carrier bearing and there ya go. Viola!


BTW: Goto the VFAQ site, there was a write-up on this before.

 

[mdre21]

make sure your front tire pressures are even, and if they are you could take a little out on the side that it is pulling away from (left in this case) or add a little to the side it is pulling to.

 

[tnfire]

dumb question but do AWD cars have torque steer?