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Front end alignment is royally screwed up after steering box install...

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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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Front end alignment is royally screwed up after steering box install...

I just installed a rebuilt RedHead steering box. I bled the system. Now the front end alignment is REALLY messed up. I can actually SEE the wheels have toe-out. I don't see how a new box could mess up my alignment this much. With the steering wheel dead center, one tire is straight and the other is not. I **** the wheel 45 degrees to the right, and the driver side tire is straight and the passenger side is not.

Is this normal for a new steering box? I wasn't expecting this.

Edit: Okay, it's not as bad as I thought at first. After thinking about this I can easily see how the alignment is thrown off by the positioning of the steering box. I think I may be a spline off on the input shaft as well, making things with the alignment seem worse than they are.

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