Good Morning! 04 C5 base

Hoping to have some insight into where I went wrong. The active handling warming up message is coming up, and the AH is kicking in quickly on sharp bends or if I move the wheel back and forth too quickly(almost like a slalom but not nearly as aggressive) I did a lot of research before replacing my rack myself due to a massive seal leak. In my research, the number one issue is the steering wheel is being turned when disconnected. I will assure you this did NOT happen, I secured the steering wheel with a ratchet strap to the seat frame, it 100% did not move a millimeter. My DIC buttons all do not work, so no, I haven't pulled the codes if there are any, I will attempt to do that with the torque app tonight to see if they show on that.

This is my only thought- I swapped the tire rods overs and counted the threads to get them close when I put everything back tother, the steering wheel was off a little to the left, but nothing that alarmed me. I had the car aligned to recenter the wheel after completed.

So if my thought process is correct, the rack and wheel are somehow out of sync, but I KNOW the wheel did not move. The rack is supposedly "centered" from the manufacture, but there was nothing securing the input shaft on the rack, so I guess it is entirely plausible it was not actually centered? is there anything else I am missing here?

I have a Chinese tech 2 on order, I need to delete TPMS and wanted one anyway, so I am hoping that with that tool(I know you can check SWPS via the blue wire? 2.5V centered) but I really do not believe that is the issue...so I guess the question is with a tech 2 will I be able to see if the rack is not reporting centered?

Will this be as easy as finding the center(rack) with the tech 2 and then reconnecting the intermediate shaft, then realigning the car? Or is there a plausibility that maybe this is an internal issue with the reman rack?

Sorry, this seems like rambling, but I keep going over and over again where I went wrong, and just need a little help!

In all honestly, I give two craps about AH, and 9/10 times I turn it off, but I just want it to be right if I ever sell the car or someone else needs to drive it...thanks!

 

Should be relatively simple to check if the rack is centered even with it in the car. I'd say get it up on jacks and measure up with a tape measure and see if there's a difference side to side.