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Steering wheel is crooked

Old Aug 3, 2016 | 10:06 PM
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So i was out hitting the trails and i unexpectedly hit a large rock or hole and ever since my steering wheel has been crooked, but the rig steers straight like nothing ever happened. I have checked the inner/outer tie rods and the drag link and nothing appears to be bent or broken. I am at a loss as to what is wrong and i dont want to fix whats not broken and i have yet to face any steering issues so im not very advanced in working with such issues. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks and have a great day!
 
Old Aug 4, 2016 | 07:11 AM
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Measure your toe.

You can measure toe with a measuring tape and a couple of straight boards, 2x4's about 3 feet long work great. You and your "assistant" each press one of the 2x4's against the outside of the tire, about even with the bottom edge of the wheel. Use a measuring tape passed under the vehicle to measure the distance between the outer edges of the boards. Total toe is the difference between the measurement at the front and the measurement at the back. I'm pretty sure the front toe spec is 0.0° +/- 0.1°, and that works out to less than 1/8 inch difference in your measurements.

And look for any unusual tire wear on the edges of the front tires. A toe issue will "feather" the blocks at one edge of the tire fairly quickly.

How far off center is the steering wheel?
 
Old Aug 4, 2016 | 09:48 PM
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Obviously something was tweaked by the impact, or the steering wheel would not have moved. Take it in for an alignment, part of that is a check of all the front end parts. Explain what happened and request they straighten the steering wheel when they adjust it if parts are not damaged too bad.
 
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Maybe there is a different shaft set up for RWD and 4Wd?
 
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