Steering wheel off 90°

[Erin]

I will add he tried to center steering wheel by adjusting tie rods. Wouldn’t work because he said passenger side outer & inner were almost touching when he adjusted them, so the other side would’ve been at end of sleeve. His words.

 

[1998_K1500_Sub]

I will add he tried to center steering wheel by adjusting tie rods. Wouldn’t work because he said passenger side outer & inner were almost touching when he adjusted them, so the other side would’ve been at end of sleeve. His words.

You don’t want to do that anyway. Ideally, when the front wheels are straight, the input shaft to the steering gear has its flat portion facing straight up at 12 o’clock. The gear is designed to operate in that position to provide a certain steering feel both on and off center.

 

[RichLo]

Hopefully he brought the tie rods back to straight. Otherwise your actual steering will be way off and you could over-extend the steering causing a lockup if the knuckle goes past 180* from the tie rod.

I think the lock-to-lock is in the steering box so you really don't want to adjust anything past that to compensate too much for the steering wheel. A few degrees is fine but not 90* or so much that one side is completely collapsed and the other is on with just a few threads

 

[Erin]

Hopefully he brought the tie rods back to straight. Otherwise your actual steering will be way off and you could over-extend the steering causing a lockup if the knuckle goes past 180* from the tie rod.

I think the lock-to-lock is in the steering box so you really don't want to adjust anything past that to compensate too much for the steering wheel. A few degrees is fine but not 90* or so much that one side is completely collapsed and the other is on with just a few threads

he did

 

[Sean Buick 76]

So can the steering wheel be clocked 90 degrees?

 

[offroadtahoe]

1988-1994 Chevrolet/GMC Truck Steering Shaft

Aftermarket truck parts

cunninghammachine.com

Cunningham Machine Upper/Lower Steering Shafts?

180 degree flipped correct position (set screw on bottom)

www.gmt400.com

 

[Erik the Awful]

Throw that wrong part in the trash and install a Jeep XJ shaft.

 

[RichLo]

If you kept the old shaft you could also install a Flaming River U-joint in place of the rag joint

 

[Erin]

1988-1994 Chevrolet/GMC Truck Steering Shaft

Aftermarket truck parts

cunninghammachine.com

Cunningham Machine Upper/Lower Steering Shafts?

180 degree flipped correct position (set screw on bottom)

www.gmt400.com

1988-1994 Chevrolet/GMC Truck Steering Shaft

Aftermarket truck parts

cunninghammachine.com

Cunningham Machine Upper/Lower Steering Shafts?

180 degree flipped correct position (set screw on bottom)

www.gmt400.com

That’s what I was gonna upgrade to but I was in a pinch last weekend.

 

[Erin]

If you kept the old shaft you could also install a Flaming River U-joint in place of the rag joint

I did keep it but ima get my moneys worth out of this one.