So what *does* stop ABS throwing your car into a ditch or under a truck if
one front wheel has grip and the other doesn't? I accepted the point about
the calipers being as outboard as they are, because although torque-steer
was nothing to do with it maybe the position of the wheel bearings (and
hence eventually the brake disc) relative to the centre of the tyre contact
patch was. If so, steering, and almost certainly suspension geometry, *are*
wholly relevant.
PaulH.
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>I am not sure that this clarifies anything. My point was that steering is
> entirely irrelevant to the question. A vehicle entirely without steering
> (say, a 4-wheel trailer) under braking, suffering a brake failure on one
> side, will pull strongly to the other side. This effect has nothing to do
> with "inboard steering centers"; conversely, steering geometry cannot in
> any
> way counteract this tendency.
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