Date:         Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:19:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Power Steering Rack Question
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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for sure, I feel the same way.
Everyone knows that you adjust that by the splines where the steering wheel
goes on the steering shaft.

but what if the best you can get that way is still off a bit ?
Then you fine tune steering wheel centering with the tie rods.

and with mental gymnastics you can figure out which tie rod to lengthen or
shorten to tweak the steering wheel in the direction you want it to go.
It's a fun mental exercise, and very useful for getting that wheel exactly
centered when going straight down the road.
 - and some alignment professionals don't even know about this, believe it
or not.  Most would of course though. They sure should.

Scott
www.turbovans.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: Power Steering Rack Question


> At 12:03 PM 6/10/2010, Alistair Bell wrote:
>>funny how, for me anyway, having the steering wheel not quite aligned
>>right can be a real aggravation.
>
> Me too.  It offends the order of the universe.
>
> YOurs,
> David