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Chassis
Torque steer compensation
Torque steer compensation is a new electromechanical power steering function for front-wheel drive vehicles.
It prevents uneven tracking when vehicles with powerful engines and different drive shaft lengths accelerate.
The different length drive shafts that are normally used with transverse engines and front-wheel drive have
different working angles which cause different moments around the vertical axis of the wheels during acceleration.
These moments can cause uneven tracking that is automatically compensated by the electromechanical
power steering.
Electromechanical steering with axis-parallel drive
An electromechanical steering system with a belt-driven recirculating-ball gearbox and electric motor mounted
parallel to the axis is being used for the time on the Tiguan (left-hand drive only). This new development allows jolt-
free and very sensitive, precise and powerful steering. Familiar functions like straight-running correction and
counter-steer support have been integrated.
You will find further information on this topic in self-study programme 399 “Electromechanical Power
Steering with Parallel Axis Drive”.
Torsion bar
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Steering pinion
Steering moment sender
Control unit
Recirculating-ball gearbox
Electric motor
(mounted parallel to axis)
Belt drive
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Different
working angles
Small moment around
vertical axis of wheel
Large moment around
vertical axis of wheel
Содержание Tiguan 2008
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