Talk:Torque steering

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Im going to delete the following section: "In many cases, torque steer is the result of a bad upper facited regulation modulator control homogonizer with a pasturizing bypass linked to the incorrent absent placement of 14 seperate lost bolts that become dislodged in the inner twinings of the "rotary gurter" which hang down below the maximum tollerance for substantial weak point physicallity. THEREFOR resulting in unwanted movement of the anterior section of purified transients that make up the common shoe" because its quite obviously BS... unless ive been lied to about cars for the past years of my life.

[edit] Ony in FWD cars?

If you have a transverse engine in a rear or mid engined car (or indeed unequal lenght driveshafts in any rear wheel drive car) shouldn't they also display torque steer, but with the rear wheels instead? // Liftarn

No, in general. The torque around the steering axis generates a force in the tie rod, and because the steering system is not rigid, that generates a steer angle in the wheel, so the car turns. With a rear suspension the steering system is much more rigid. If that explanation does not tie up with this article, well, that is sad, this article is pretty bad. Greglocock 20:46, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok, now I see, but I have no idea how to incorporate this in the article. // Liftarn

You raised a perfectly good question, but, I think, rather beyond an encyclopaedia. Put it this way, in the technical papers there is no generally applicable theory of torque steer. So, when you ask a good question, it is quite possible that there is no succinct answer. And I would love to see a detailed answer as well. In practice I just model it, but modelling things is much less efficient than analysing them. Greglocock 10:57, 15 January 2007 (UTC)