Thank you for all the replies. It does seem like the landing gear is designed to be strong enough to take just about all that is thrown at it. Perhaps I could have been clearer in my opening post in explaining my query. I would have thought that the gear would be designed to have an amount of built in "twist" movement available to instantly align the gear with the direction of travel at touchdown. Perhaps someone will come along from a landing gear manufacturer and offer further info.
Thanks again.