has anyone ever considered the possibility making up an equal-length driveshaft kit for their motor? could help to reduce torque-steer..........? can this even be done? I guess you'd need a small straight driveshaft on the rhs supported by a bearing, attached to the diff at one end, which then attaches via the correct splines to a rhs driveshaft shortened to the same length as the lhs....... maybe the sump is in the way though...... sorry just a thought. any opinions? does anyone know what I'm talking about?
er, surely to have equal length driveshafts the diff has to be moved to the middle? otherwise your shorter driveshaft wont reach the hub!
that's why you need the straight bit connected to the bearing....although the distance from the hub is longer it's the angle of the driveshaft going into the cv joint which is a primary factor in torque steer, or so I thought...... lhs = diff- oem driveshaft rhs = diff - straigh link shaft with male/female ends, bearing and STRONG bearing housing - shortened oem driveshaft. does this make sense?
You can buy kits to do it on other cars. There has been threads about this ages ago - probably not on the search though. I believe the seat's have some sort of equal length driveshatf thing - but cant rememeber whi9ch one and why.
I think the 4wd seats have it - the transfer box means the drivehafts are both the same lenght. Seen it o etka a while ago.
quality; yeah didn't think about transfer boxes; I guess what you'd be looking at is a straight shaft and bearing which replaces the transfer box..... wonder if there's any point; maybe some of those crazy 2wd 1.8T boys would care to pitch in at this point?
The angle of the drive shaft is what determines how much force is transfered to the wheels, the shallower the angle the more efficient the power transfer!
true; but doesn't this add weight to the argument because in standard form both my 2wd VWs are transferring more torque to the rhs wheel than the left? or does the torsional "slip" in the longer driveshaft (more likely to twist) counteract this?
I don't understand why you'd need to use a shortened OS driveshaft. Why not just use another NS shaft on the OS?
"Buy an Audi 80,90,100,A4,A6 or Passat mk5 they come free with equal length drive shafts....." I did have a Peugeot 104 with equal length shafts AND a transverse engine but that went to car heaven a long time ago...... but that doesn't answer my original question......
does the RH shaft have an opposite-handed thread on the hub nut to stop it coming off? if so that could be a good reason not to use a LHS shaft on the RHS not sure if this is the case though; is with some motors.
