Mis-aligned Steering Wheel Topic is solved

[CEBirnley]

In closing...I'm going to take my hotrod for an alignment and chat with the Manager - educating him a bit on this matter (not be a jerk, but showing him how the yoke and rack join together). Thank you all again and I am considering this request closed. Take care.

[ThommyKent]

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4. I made sure that I counted the number of turns each outer tie rod needed to be turned when it was placed back onto the new rack.
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This doesn't work if the replacement parts happen to have different dimensions than what was in there. Sounds like that is the case.

It needs to get aligned anyway, but if you really want to you can DIY it and get it pretty close. I would just take it to a shop that can do a proper 4 wheel alignment.

Alignment required after all the parts you replaced. You changed Castor angle when replacing the struts and your toe is off

After the tie rods yes, after the struts no. There is no caster adjustment on these cars, and essentially no camber adjustment. You can swap struts without a need for alignment.

There isn`t Caster angle adjustment per se, but there is enough movement in the bolt holes to be off 1 degree either way and if they are off the car will pull to one side or the other, depending on which side has the slightly steeper angle. Camber has no adjustment either but there is enough of the same kind of movement that it needs to be checked. An alignment shop will check those angles.

[erikv11]

Most shops won't touch the strut mounting bolts. They're not going to adjust anything but yeah a good shop will give you the numbers. Toe is adjustable, that's what they will do for you. And thrust angle.

[ThommyKent]

That`s why I do it myself