Hi,
I'm new to the forum and I don't know if this question has already been asked and answered.
I have a 1994 K1500. Steering and front suspension wise, I replaced everything but the center link, gear box, A arms and sway bar on the front end. When I align the steering wheel so that it is centered with about 1 1/2 turns right and left to the stops (for the purpose of setting toe until my alignment appt.), I discovered that my passenger side tie rod is bottomed out and I still need it to be at least a half inch shorter straighten the steering wheel and have acceptable toe. To my knowledge, all 4 tie rods are the same length. On the driver's side, the tie rods are adjusted quite far out. I believe that the steering wheel is indexed by the white plastic horn plug. So you can only adjust the steering wheel in 180 degree increments by separating the intermediate column and the column. I'm only off by about 20 degrees on the steering wheel. Does anyone have an idea what the issue might be? I would like to solve this before I go to my mechanic to save some money. There is no evidence of any major accident. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
I'm new to the forum and I don't know if this question has already been asked and answered.
I have a 1994 K1500. Steering and front suspension wise, I replaced everything but the center link, gear box, A arms and sway bar on the front end. When I align the steering wheel so that it is centered with about 1 1/2 turns right and left to the stops (for the purpose of setting toe until my alignment appt.), I discovered that my passenger side tie rod is bottomed out and I still need it to be at least a half inch shorter straighten the steering wheel and have acceptable toe. To my knowledge, all 4 tie rods are the same length. On the driver's side, the tie rods are adjusted quite far out. I believe that the steering wheel is indexed by the white plastic horn plug. So you can only adjust the steering wheel in 180 degree increments by separating the intermediate column and the column. I'm only off by about 20 degrees on the steering wheel. Does anyone have an idea what the issue might be? I would like to solve this before I go to my mechanic to save some money. There is no evidence of any major accident. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks