steering wheel alignment

[eran tomer]

i got the cunningham steering shaft.
with front wheel straight ahead, pitman arm parallel to steering box, and stub shaft flat pointing up, when the flat on the shaft joint is aligned with the flat on the stub shaft the steering wheel is about 45 degrees turned to the left.
the steering wheel can be mounted on its shaft only one way around, and nothing else to align
is it normal?

 

[offroadtahoe]

set screw has to be on the bottom,otherwise it will not be orientated correctly to get it perfectly straight read through this thread

Cunningham Machine Upper/Lower Steering Shafts?

All that set screw does is prevent the shaft from pulling out, which it doesn't see those types of forces normally driving. The reason the stock has a bolt is because its split, and requires clamping pressure. You could literally drive without it on the new joint. The steering joints have used...

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[Schurkey]

Is the steering wheel mounted to the shaft properly?

Used to be that the shaft and the wheel each had marks that needed to be aligned. Folks would move the steering wheel on the shaft to "straighten" the steering wheel, instead of doing the proper adjustment at the tie rod adjusters.

 

[eran tomer]

the steering wheel can go on the shaft only one way around.

 

[Schurkey]

I'd be measuring the tie rods, then.

 

[eran tomer]

I adjusted them to be the same length, without altering the toe.

 

[GoToGuy]

If you were replacing them with new, yes. In this case your your adjusting them to bring the front wheels into align with the steering wheel centered.

So with the wheel centered , which ever way there pointed try adjusting/ bring them to center .