Hi George, Your right on with your instructions, although I would add to your list of "Before alignment steps": Check tire pressure, road check, then....... Center the steering rack, before centering the tie rod ends. There is an alignment "slot" on the shaft as it comes out of the rack, align it with the raised "boss" on the rack, then center the steering wheel (if needed), and lock it down, then base adjust your tie rod ends. Adjust camber, and finally set the toe. You may want to wait until the Guru gets back from Jury Duty. Anytime I get brain surgery done, I want the head doctor so to speak (pun intended). Good luck Howard > Centering the steering wheel means to equalize the tie rod ends with the > steering wheel and the road wheels pointed straight ahead. Unless some > dunderhead has removed the steering wheel and not indexed it correctly upon > replacement, adjusting the tie rod ends so that an equal number of threads > are exposed on either tie rod is all that has to be done to start the > alignment. > > George |
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