Steering Angle

Adjust the steering angles as follows:
1. With paint or marking pen, mark both tie rod ends, front wheel spindle tie rods, and jam nuts in their original positions. These reference marks will help in equalizing right and left adjustments.
2. Remove the tie rod boot clips and free the boots to prevent them from being twisted when the front wheel spindle tie rods are turned.
3. Loosen and back off the front wheel spindle tie rod end jam nuts.
4. To avoid toe-in change, turn one front wheel spindle tie rod into, and the other out of, the tie rod ends by equal amounts. This shortens one front wheel spindle tie rod and lengthens the other, shifting the rack right or left until the rack teeth are centered on the pinion and rack travel from the centered position is equal in both directions. This equalizes the wheel steering angles but also rotates the pinion and steering wheel.
5. Position the wheels straight ahead and check the steering wheel centering. If close to correct, shift the rack and tie rod ends left or right without turning the wheel, to center the steering wheel. A shift to the left will turn the steering wheel clockwise, and a shift to the right will turn it counterclockwise, as seen from the driver seat.
6. Verify that the wheel steering angles are still within specification. If not within specification, the steering wheel can be removed and shifted on the steering column shaft to center it.