Steering wheel clocked way off after new box install

I just fixed Dads cuda, his steering wheel was off 90* to the right. Basically the top of the steering wheel was at 3 oclock in order to travel down the road straight. In other words when the steering wheel was centered the car was driving to the left. I jacked up drivers side and adjusted the tie rod adjusters 2 turns in...dropped the car down and brought the drivers side out 2 turns. After that it was pretty darned close.
Might be a little difficult for me to describe here, but my redneck way to check was to lay a level along the side of each tire about 3" off the ground and up against the outside of the tire, that way the level is running front to back. I made sure the steering wheel was centered and measured the distance between the 2 front tires from in front of them and behind. Hope this helps.

krazykuda said

if the tires are off front to rear, it's just a simple adjustment of the tie rods to get it in. lt's called Toe-in. You want to get it so the tires are straight front to rear when it's down on it's own weight and the ride height has been set.


Set the ride height by adjusting the torsion bar adjusting screws in the lower control arm until you get the front end height where you like it. Set it down and shake the front end up and down a few times before you evaluate each adjustment.

Once ride height is set, then get the tow in (front to rear alignment of the tires). Loosen the lock nuts on the tie rod sleeves and twist the sleeve until each tire is straight from front to rear.

Then take it to an alignment shop to get the camber-caster- and final toe in set.

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