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Old 04-25-2006 | 10:03 AM
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Default RE: Torque Steer, Diff Action...Mayhem veering under throttle

ORIGINAL: Philster
The right front will come off the ground and the truck will veer off to the right under heavy throttle.
From this I would believe the problem is within the suspension. Whether it would be spring height differences, spring differences or shock oil differences I'm not sure. I would check this over as suspension is a probable cause.


With the right front coming up, the tire is free to baloon, and then it re-grips momentarily as it swells and causes a vey unstable handling condition.
I don't quite understand this too well. The tires need speed in order to balloon. While the tire is off the ground it doesn not gain speed. Although I do know ballooned tires do cause very unstable driving.

front: If I raise the front only, and spin the right front, the left front will rotate opposite. If I rotate the left, the right rotates opposite. Action seems slow, but I guess that is a product of the fluid. Slight diff clicking is heard. I guess all seems ok.
rear: Repeating the above test on the rear produces similar results, but it sounds just a tick quieter.
This is just the characteristics of how a differential works. I do not believe the problem has anything with the differential. Does the mayhem use a ball diff or a gear diff?

Ryan