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Mon, 19 April 2021 10:45

JohnL455

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Registered: October 2006
Location: Woodstock, IL

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In short, someone has messed with the tie rod adjusters over time. The box is then not pointing straight (exactly center) when going straight ahead. (This also puts the entire steering linkage off center creating other issues). The box on center is when the flat on the input shaft is parallel to the machined flat gasket surface where the cover is bolted on (and you are equal turns away from left or right). Once toe is reset to get box on center you can then check that the steering wheel matches scribes on the upper shaft. Finally you correct the miss assembled intermediate shaft permutations so that the shaft drops in top and bottom to the center of their keys.

John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II

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		Centering the steering box By: boybach on Mon, 19 April 2021 10:23
		Re: Centering the steering box By: JohnL455 on Mon, 19 April 2021 10:45
		Re: Centering the steering box By: Matt Colie on Mon, 19 April 2021 11:22
		Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Mon, 19 April 2021 11:46
		Re: Centering the steering box By: Bill Van Vlack on Mon, 19 April 2021 13:57
		[GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 19 April 2021 17:10
		Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Mon, 19 April 2021 16:04
		Re: Centering the steering box By: Larry on Mon, 19 April 2021 18:27
		[GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: James Hupy on Mon, 19 April 2021 20:54
		Re: [GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Mon, 19 April 2021 22:21
		Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Mon, 19 April 2021 20:20
		Re: Centering the steering box By: Matt Colie on Tue, 20 April 2021 16:29
		Re: Centering the steering box By: JohnL455 on Tue, 20 April 2021 17:56
		Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Tue, 20 April 2021 23:01
		Re: Centering the steering box By: rjw on Thu, 22 April 2021 12:58
		Re: Centering the steering box By: RF_Burns on Wed, 21 April 2021 06:02
		Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Wed, 21 April 2021 10:26
		Re: Centering the steering box By: RF_Burns on Wed, 21 April 2021 11:39
		[GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: sgltrac on Wed, 21 April 2021 11:43
		Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Thu, 22 April 2021 11:19
		Re: Centering the steering box By: Bill Van Vlack on Thu, 22 April 2021 13:02
		[GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 22 April 2021 14:19
		Re: [GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Thu, 22 April 2021 20:37
		Re: [GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: Bill Van Vlack on Thu, 22 April 2021 23:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Fri, 23 April 2021 11:12
		Re: [GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: Bill Van Vlack on Fri, 23 April 2021 13:29
		[GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: jimk on Fri, 23 April 2021 17:54
		Re: [GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Thu, 29 April 2021 23:02
		Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Wed, 21 April 2021 11:54
		Re: Centering the steering box By: Bill Van Vlack on Wed, 21 April 2021 12:15
		Re: Centering the steering box By: Scott Nutter on Wed, 21 April 2021 21:31
		Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Wed, 21 April 2021 23:54
		Re: Centering the steering box By: JohnL455 on Thu, 22 April 2021 12:04
		Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Fri, 23 April 2021 21:00
		[GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: Ken Henderson on Fri, 23 April 2021 21:46
		[GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: jimk on Fri, 23 April 2021 22:30
		Re: [GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Fri, 23 April 2021 23:19
		Re: [GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: Bill Van Vlack on Fri, 23 April 2021 23:31
		[GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: James Hupy on Sat, 24 April 2021 00:02
		Re: [GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Sat, 24 April 2021 01:27
		Re: [GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: Bill Van Vlack on Fri, 23 April 2021 23:08
		Re: Centering the steering box By: Matt Colie on Sat, 24 April 2021 08:34
		Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Sat, 24 April 2021 10:18
		Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Mon, 10 May 2021 23:08
		Re: Centering the steering box By: Bill Van Vlack on Mon, 10 May 2021 23:20
		Re: Centering the steering box By: rjw on Tue, 11 May 2021 08:50
		Re: Centering the steering box By: boybach on Tue, 11 May 2021 10:46
		[GMCnet] Re: Centering the steering box By: jimk on Tue, 11 May 2021 23:59

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