Actually, you want the car aligned *with the rack centered* first. Then check
and see where the steering wheel is. Many times cheap monkeys pretending to be
mechanics will do a front end alignment by just adjusting one tie rod end
(especially if one was being replaced), leaving the steering rack and steering
wheel off center when the car is going straight. On a Spitfire steering rack,
this just means that the car turns tighter in one direction as opposed to the
other, and that the way the turn signals self cancel is different turning right
as opposed to turning left. I don't believe you will do any harm as the rack
has
internal stops (I think) that prevent you from steering the guts out of it at
whichever extreme motion.
Mike Chmura wrote:
> Hi Lister's,
>
> I just had a question to all the experts on the list about steering
> wheel alignment. My 78 spit's steering wheel, at level ground wheels
> pointing straight ahead, is cocked slightly several degrees up to the
> right. It's been that way since I got the car two years ago. I can't
> detect any ill effects but I believe the steering wheel spokes should be
> flat across with the wheels pointing straight.
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