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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-11-11, Page 26Most of us have experienced mild oversteer in rear-drive vehicles when we've started the rear tires spinning with too much throttle. Easing off on the gas to regain traction while steering into the Odd will get us out of that sort of *problem. But beware of trailing throttle oversteer if your drove wheels are in front. It's best to leave the throttle where it is and just concentrate on the steering when your rear end slides; Or, if ypu can remain cool and calm enough, you'll find that adding a little throttle in an oversteering front-drive car actually helps pull the rear end back in line. If you don't catch an oversteer condition quickly enough, and the back end Mks skid around, you can straighten the wheels and steer it going badkwards to avoid hitting something. Or, you can even crank the wheel one way or the other to spin in another 180 0 and drive off the way you were going in the first place! 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But once you've caught it. the job isn't quite done. Many people, even experienced race drivers, sometimes lose control because they don't an-ticipate the second, often more violent skid in the opposite direction that usually follows the initial slide. Once you've caught the rear end and it starts back, im-mediately crank the steering Wheel just as quickly .and decisively back the other Way to counteract the second skid. That, done, you can return to steering to center, add just a little throttle to transfer weight back to the rear tires (once you're pointed the right way) and you're home free. Lifting Off Throttle Another thing to be very careftitof, especially in a front- heavy, front-drive car, is lifting off of the throttle too quickly when the oversteer condition first occurs. Remember that lifting, like braking, transfers weight and therefore .traction away from the rear tires and can worsen a rear-when slide. This '-trailirig throttle oversteer" tendency is com- mon to all cars,. but typically much worse in front-drive or in Bondurant is an expert on The second critical factor is rear engine, rea6dnye models. I . skidding in all kinds of steering. You've probahly,_ vehicles, including a from- heard that volt. should hen JAW wheel skid (understeer) and rear-wheel skid (oversteer). For Winter The key to connoting a Here are some items that front-wheel skid, Bondurant may come in handy this. winter: explains, to transfer weight forward to push down on the indshield .rte -icer spray, scraper brush: small snow front wheels and help them regain trat tion. shovel, blankets and sand. Whether a car with front-wheel drive is beneficial in snow depends on the driver, according to Popular Mechanics Magazine. Popular Mechanics says two basic factors make a front- drive car handle differently from a conventional, rear-drive one. First, with all the power-train mechanicals up front, this car's weight distribution is in the range of 60 percent front/40 percent rear, com-pared to the typical rear-drive's 55/45 weight distribution. This gives it excellent fraction and makes it very stable in a straight line (like a dart with a " weighted tip), but That very stability ' also makes it somewhat reluctant to change direction when the road is slip-pery. giving a tendency to understeer. Second, a front-drive car's front tires. by design. have to perform both steering and driving functions, tasks that are equally divided in a rear- drive automobile. Thus, if the front tires lose traction on snow or ice because you've stepped on the gas too hard and started them spinning (or you've jumped on the brakes and locked them up), they're not about to. steer the car until traction is regained. The result is more understeer, Popular Mechanics says. This is done by easing *Mile throttle and (if necessary) squeezing. gently on theinakeS. The first is a natural-reac-tion, but the second requires both thought and restraint. If you hit the brakes too hard or too suddenly; you'll lock up the front wheels and-lose steering control. If this happens, ease off the• brakes until the tires stop skid ding and start steering. Then gently squeeze ort the brakes again. if necessary. trying, to keep the braking forte- .01 below the point of lockup.. This gentle pumping of tilt brakes, combined with Steering input to get you headed in-the right direction, should sake care of any normal andersteer-ing condition. In a front drive gar. you-can also use a little throttleln get the front tires pulling; yOtr through the turn. If you- give it too much and lose tractiOn because the front wheels are-spinning, simply- ease off a bit. until you feel them rolling and gripping the road aS they should. 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