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Old 01-07-2016, 06:34 PM
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STEERING WHEEL ALIGNMENT

I had my front end aligned on 2013 f650
Now my steering wheel is crooked
How do i fix
 
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Old 01-07-2016, 09:08 PM
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Take it back and make them fix it. That is and always has been part of the job.
 
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Old 01-07-2016, 09:15 PM
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verify that you are reaching the stops at full left & right, then you will have to find some splines between steering wheel & steering gearbox input shaft (maybe the steering wheel is the only set of splines) , use splines to re-index the steering wheel to position you want. on my semi we put the steering wheel off "perfect" so that we can see the highbeam indicator
 
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Old 01-07-2016, 09:42 PM
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I pulled shaft at gear box but you cant index it only go one way mabe gonna take back or pull steering wheel
 
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Generally the adjustment is at the tie rod ends. Don't fool with the shaft at the gear box and don't pull the wheel. Take it back and insist that they do the basic task associated with an alignment-center the steering wheel and box.
 
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Old 01-07-2016, 11:31 PM
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The only adjustment for the steering wheel alignment that should be done is on the front end of the truck and if the shop isn't capable of that I would question whether the front end was correctly aligned at all.

Edit, unless major steering components such as the steering box were replaced at the same time.
 
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