Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 08:29:41 +0100 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> Subject: Re: RWD.
davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: > > Someone who looks an awful lot like SimonJ <Menopsam.net> wrote: > >> > > I don't remember it being a problem with my 900 T's, but the design of the > > transmission in those is such that it has equal length driveshafts, torque > > steer generally being attributed to the different length driveshafts on a > > FWD car. > > Cant comment on the 9-5 as I have yet to drive one. > > So, does the 9000 have different length driveshafts? I seem to recall > that they had an intermediate driveshaft on the "longer" side to take > the effect away. I have a 9000, but can't comment on the driveshafts, I'm probably too lazy this morning to go and find & measure them :) > > What some people think is torque steer in the 9-3 is actually not, and > can be fixed with some suspension bracing. See "Viggen Rescue kit" > for a great description of that. > > Never having driven a 9000, I can't comment on that, but I haven't > felt any in my 9-5. I'll pound it in the morning specifically with > the goal of trying to notice it, but if it's present, it's damn subtle. None in my 1993 9000. I had recently the tracking done for the steering wheel rotation problem. It's now perfect bliss. Problem is that the car needs so little steering that you sometimes forget that you're the driver. Johannes