iaindb
X-TRAIL ENTHUSIAST
Date Registered: 06-2009
Location: Palmerston, NT
TOTAL POSTS: 110
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Re: Pulling to the right when accelerating
It was ex-fleet. I've bought ex-govt cars before from Darwin, and they provide details of where / when / why the car has been, so I weed out the bad ones
Well, since the bearings were done (see this post) I haven't noticed any major pulling. Only a slight pull to the left from stopped, exactly as you mention.
--- Iain == X-1283 ==
T-30 ST-S, 2007, Twilight, Mags, Sun Roof
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24/Jun/2010, 2:41 pm
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DogTrail
X-TRAIL FANATIC
Date Registered: 05-2012
Location: Sunshine Coast
TOTAL POSTS: 481
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Re: Pulling to the right when accelerating
I did suffer from torque steer from the Dunlop OEM tyres for the first thousand km or so in the new car on the new tyres.
At 10,000 km on the same tyres, I find that now the front wheels just give a "chirp" rather than giving torque steer when the accelerator is applied over-enthusiastically, so I suspect the unsettling handling aberration has more to do with the tyres than with the car.
Back then, the lateral pull was a bit unsettling when booting it to overtake.
These days, it simply doesn't happen.
--- 2011/12 Australia:- 2.5 litre petrol 4WD, Series IV ST, CVT with Nissan bonnet & headlight protectors, mats + after-market HD towbar with added step for old dogs. ;) Garmin GPS, K&N air filter, DashMate, Black Pearl Tint , Dirt. X-2429(c).
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28/Nov/2012, 9:53 pm
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cooch t31
X-TRAIL HOLIC
Date Registered: 06-2008
Location: Blue Mountains, NSW
TOTAL POSTS: 5966
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Re:
It will still be there and always will, it's just that you have got used to it.
When tyres are new they grip like nothing else, as time goes by the compound gets a little harder explaining the chirp you mentioned.
--- Tony X-891c
HERE is my D22 Navara
HERE is my old 2008 T31, ST Series1
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29/Nov/2012, 4:54 am
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DogTrail
X-TRAIL FANATIC
Date Registered: 05-2012
Location: Sunshine Coast
TOTAL POSTS: 481
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Re: Re:
Cooch, you are right.
It's probably a combination of 'less than brand new grip" and unconsciously compensating for how the SnowBeast behaves under duress.
I can only hope she does the same for me
In any case, it is no longer a surprise response. More like a null response - I don't notice it, even if it still does exist.
I did find substantially less torque steer feedback after playing with tyre pressures.
For me on the 17 inch Dunlop ST 20's I've found 38 psi front and 36 psi rear (barely warmed) works better for me than the originally recommended 34 psi all round..
--- 2011/12 Australia:- 2.5 litre petrol 4WD, Series IV ST, CVT with Nissan bonnet & headlight protectors, mats + after-market HD towbar with added step for old dogs. ;) Garmin GPS, K&N air filter, DashMate, Black Pearl Tint , Dirt. X-2429(c).
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6/Dec/2012, 1:19 am
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