John, the pitman arm has a slot in it so it will only go on one way and it can't be changed there. The alignment on the front end can be perfect in all aspects but what has to happen is the tie rod sleeves have to be turned an equal amount on both sides to get the steering wheel to line up where you want it. If this is done right, it will not interfere with the front end alignment in any way. I just the other day had to do this to my son's 05 F150 after he went through a ditch a little too fast. (what he said anyway) It messed up the alignment and the wheel was nearly 45 degrees off. Turned the sleeves and straightened it right up. Danny Wilsher.... Wilsher Motorsports Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Nasta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:38 PM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Steering wheel/column question
> Yeah, I see what you mean. That may be why my brother suggested changing it > at the steering box. > > My horn actually doesn't work "properly". I can see the horn contact buried > under the steering wheel hub, but it is not aligned with any hole in the > hub. So, I guess the wheel is on wrong after all. For now I have a wire > running down to the buried contact and I just short that against anything > metal to make the horn blow. Yes, it's a rig job, but it works. The turn > signal canceling works fine though. I'll take a closer look at how things > are supposed to line up. > > I had the car aligned once and the guy said that it was so close to being > right on the money with the wheel "turned" that he would assume the wheel > was on wrong. He said that if we turned the wheel straight he didn't think > he could compensate that much underneath. At least he didn't want to try to > turn the wheel about 75 degrees and then try to compensate underneath when > he could leave it off angle and only have to tweak a few things. > > Interesting that someone said they had a half turn less in one direction. > I'll have to see what I've got going on with that too. > > Thanks, > John Nasta > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Danny Wilsher > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:20 PM > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Steering wheel/column question > > What Herb said was my thought. I have always had to align the wheel with > the tie rod adjustment sleeves. The steering wheel on every Chevy I have > worked on would only go on in one position and still keep the horn button > and blinker mechanism properly aligned. It will fit any way it is installed, > but the horn button and mechanism won't go in the hole properly. > Danny Wilsher.... > Wilsher Motorsports Inc.
