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Offline 76StepSd

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steering wheel about 90 degs out
« on: July 20, 2014, 08:43:50 pm »
76 stepside C10......Truck drives pretty good but steering wheel is out of alignment ........from what i been searching on here a front end alignment may be in order? Column came out of a C20 i swore up and down the it was straight when i installed it but .....its not though....like 90 degs off. Any ideas to fix this short of taking it in for an alignment?
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Re: steering wheel about 90 degs out
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2014, 09:24:27 pm »
     An alignment will not correct a steering wheel unless the steering wheel was correct before the alignment.
     You said 90 degrees out, did you try to flip the joint (inside the engine bay where the 2 bolts hold them together) around in the steering column to see it that aligns it up ?
     Was the front tires/suspension level and straight when you installed the column ?  Just a couple of ideas.
« Last Edit: July 21, 2014, 09:00:53 am by bake74 »
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#1: The easiest and most obvious solution to any problem is 99% of the time correct.
#2: There is no such thing as impossible, it just takes longer.
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Re: steering wheel about 90 degs out
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2014, 10:06:53 pm »
Yes front wheels were straight I made it a point to make sure will check out steering thing you mentioned tomorrow not exactly sure what you are talking about though


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Re: steering wheel about 90 degs out
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2014, 09:10:39 am »
Quote from: 76StepSd on July 20, 2014, 10:06:53 pm
Yes front wheels were straight I made it a point to make sure will check out steering thing you mentioned tomorrow not exactly sure what you are talking about though


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      I meant the joint on the steering shaft.  Look in the manuals in the tech section, section 9 page 222 in the 76 service/overhaul manual.
     This section will also go through and tell you how to adjust each of the steering componets as needed.
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#1: The easiest and most obvious solution to any problem is 99% of the time correct.
#2: There is no such thing as impossible, it just takes longer.
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Re: steering wheel about 90 degs out
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2014, 05:33:11 am »
Ok thanks


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