When I am at WOT, my steering jerks pretty bad. I was wondering if any of you know what causes this, or know how to fix it. Thanks.

 

Say hello to my little friend..........torque steer

 

Yup, on the highway my car will just jerk all of a sudden and i'm like wtf ? Also damn does my steering wheel vibrate like mad! Maybe that bald back tire is doin it

 

Ya, what he said.

You should see what its like with NOS.

 

I got scared the last time I did that in the rain and my wheel broke lose!

 

Just be careful when racing. Although it looks pretty cool to see a max torque steer when changing. Remindes me about this race against a 2.0 turbo rwd skyline vs holden commodore 5.0V8 in the wet. GOOD FUN

 

Torque steer is really bad in first gear, I think second and third is alright.

 

How's that??

 

my car doesn't pull left and right in second gear WOT or third as bad as first gear WOT.

 

I thought "torque steer" was when your on the highway at high speeds, and you get that floaty steering and the wheels seem to move slightly left/right by themselves ! THAT makes me feel unsafe.

 

Or have I? Describe this torque steer process a bit. Vibration at the wheel I've had, and solved with an alignment.

 

isn't torque steer is when the car goes left and right by it self when WOT or is it on the highway only?

 

Actually torque steers is when you really jam the gas in a low gear, and the wheel sorta jams to one side and you have to fight to get it back while on the gas.

 

This should explain better what i'm talking about:

Floaty steering at highway speeds: ideas?

At speeds of 60mph or higher (highway travel), it feels like my steering is very 'light.' The car doesn't seem 100% stable to me, like I'm driving through a slight crosswind. Occasionally, I feel almost-imperceptible feedback through the steering wheel, like a wheel is moving slightly on its own. Like my wheels are slightly loose, and 1 or a couple will move slightly causing my maxima to very lightly jerk to one side. It's a lil' freaky. Can any of you help me out ??

 

Torque steer occurs in FWD cars with tons of torque.

It occurs when you accelerate hard. The reason it occurs is because torque force is being applied to the front axle, however the front wheels can also turn left and right (to steer) therefore the two forces kinda *fight* and the massive torque causes the steering to move. That's why you have to fight with the wheel. Advanced suspension geometry like unequal length shafts <I think DBM or Jeff92Se can elaborate on that> can suppress torque steer, but not totally eliminate it.

I wonder how people who drive Saabs or Volvos cope with it??

 

I wonder how people who drive Saabs or Volvos cope with it??

Yeah no kidding .. I wonder how bad the torque steer on a viggen is They probably deal with it the same way we do, but more. Complaining

 

S70 isn't bad at all.

 

Is it the S70 T5 or the normal one?

ereet: hey did you ever to clearing out your tails?? If not..let me know when your gonna do it..so I can clear mine out too.

 

hey me too, serious gonna clear up my tail with my friends around next weekend and I drove a the normal S70.

 

I just always blamed the drift after a low RPM throttle abusing on myself. I thought the sudden drift was normal to front wheel drive. Which it is, kinda, but I always like it when it happens because it is normal to me, and I almost anticipate it, but the passengers get shook.

 

yeah, torque steer, you should try taking a turn pretty quick, then flooring it.. whew...