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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 11:37 AM
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Ever since I bought my 99 vert I have noticed that the steering wheel is slightly offcenter.Car drives perfect but this "offcenter" is starting to annoy me.What is the best way to get the steering wheel centered
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Take it to an alignment shop and have the front end aligned. This is done with the wheel straight and the toe is adjusted as required. After they are done your wheel should be straight again.....
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Take it to an alignment shop and have the front end aligned. This is done with the wheel straight and the toe is adjusted as required. After they are done your wheel should be straight again.....
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As mentioned above it can be done but I would get used to it Vs trying to fix it. If you take it to the shop you could end up worse than before you paid for an alignment. Don't fix it if it isn't broken and the angle of the steering wheel has nothing to do with being broken.

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Any shop just about can do alignments. It's not very expensive either.
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Originally Posted by gregcook
Hi
Ever since I bought my 99 vert I have noticed that the steering wheel is slightly offcenter.Car drives perfect but this "offcenter" is starting to annoy me.What is the best way to get the steering wheel centered
Thanks Greg Cook
I think I ve seen what hes talking about...his wheel is NOT cocked to one side or the other ...its actually crooked in the cockpit..ie not comm9ing straight out of the console....

Ive seen the same thing in my car but Im not sure its an illusion or real..but at times it look like the base of the wheel is "offset"..
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