Tie rod adjustment
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Joined: Apr 2011
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From: North of Toronto - Ontario
So if it's 6 then it's 8.4 deg instead of 7.2 for 1/2 turn of the sleeve, instead of your .4 it's closer to .3 type of thing.
Drive it around the block to make sure it's still tracking and back it off "some"
M
Drive it around the block to make sure it's still tracking and back it off "some"
M
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Drifting
Joined: Nov 2013
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From: Dublin Ohio
I'm at .35 of a turn now from the first photo of the steering wheel and it is really close now.
But I had the leaking charcoal canister after I got home from my test drive so I haven't been able to fine tune it yet.
What I noticed was the farther off the steering wheel was the more correction I had to make to drive straight and it was always turning the wheel in the direction that it was off to keep it straight.
Last drive the wheel was almost straight and I actually had to adjust the wheel both directions (but maybe 3 to 1 on which way I had to go) to keep it straight so I feel once the steering wheel is straight the steering will be centered as well.
But I had the leaking charcoal canister after I got home from my test drive so I haven't been able to fine tune it yet.
What I noticed was the farther off the steering wheel was the more correction I had to make to drive straight and it was always turning the wheel in the direction that it was off to keep it straight.
Last drive the wheel was almost straight and I actually had to adjust the wheel both directions (but maybe 3 to 1 on which way I had to go) to keep it straight so I feel once the steering wheel is straight the steering will be centered as well.
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Drifting
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,806
Likes: 258
From: Dublin Ohio
Got the steering wheel straight but then I realized that the flat spot on the steering box shaft was not at 12. More like 12:05-12:10.
Then I remembered when I had the steering column out that the coupling on the steering column end had about one spline of adjustment...and that's what it needed.
Tie rod settings, here they come. Right back where they started from.
Then I remembered when I had the steering column out that the coupling on the steering column end had about one spline of adjustment...and that's what it needed.
Tie rod settings, here they come. Right back where they started from.
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