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Larry, Once the box is returned from rebuilding, when mating the box to the steering wheel shaft, the steering wheel should be straight ahead, and the wheels straight, then couple the box to the shaft with the spline. If it is off a bit at that point the tie rod end adjustment should be able to correct. If it is off several splines, you won't be able to correct it without moving the spline adjustment. The best thing to start with is tie rod adjustment balanced left to right, then center steering wheel with steer tires straight forward, then do fine adjustment with tie rods. Your shop should know this, but you may have the same problem I had in 2011, when the adjustment guy was not aware of the coupler spline adjustment. Bob J From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Larry Jett LarryWJett@xxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] New tie rods and new pittman arm were installed and checked against the old ones for similarity. The steering box had a lot of play in it and I should have had the box rebuilt as well but didn't. The box is being taken out now for rebuild and hopefully some of you will tell me what to tell the installer as to chapter and verse of tie-rod machinations to center the steering wheel. Larry W Jett 8176 Fairway Ct No electrons were killed or damaged in this epistle Newark, CA 94560 however, many were severely inconvenienced.... On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:08 AM, John Grady <jkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I doubt 90 degrees is tie rod..but anything is possible..that is a lot off. sounds like some part of column or attachment of pitman arm was assembled incorrectly? What was done, and why? From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ryan Hill ryan_hillc300@xxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] My recollection is that the wheel, steering box, shaft and idler are all indexed. I assume it was centered prior to disassembly and new parts installed? The only adjustment should be at the tie rods. Are they evenly adjusted? My suspicion is they aren't…. What to tell the dealer? If it is the tie rod adjusters that aren't centred, I would ask for my money back and head to someone who understands basics mechanics. To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Had new parts installed on 1966 300 and dealer can not center steering wheel. It is off 90 degrees!!! Isn't this a simple fix? You can not just recenter the wheel as it is indexed. What do I tell the dealer? Larry W Jett __._,_.___ Posted by: "Bob Jasinski" <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx> To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/all/manage/edit For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang __,_._,___ |
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