Steering Clocking suddenly off ...

Just throwing this out there but I had a broken leaf spring one time that would do the same thing. If I slammed on the brakes, the rear would shift and the steering would go crooked. Acclerate hard and it would pop back into place and the steering wheel would straighten out. I was a dumb kid and drove it like that for a year or two after I figured out what it was.

I remember being a "dumb kid" and driving around on bald tires. The car would always spin out in the rain. One day the road was a little wet going around a corner. There was a dump truck behind me, I ended up facing the dump truck and heading straight at it. Now I look at my sons tires every time I see him pull up in his car.