No, I had to loosen the bolts where the steering column bolts to the dash and slide it over. I also had to notch the firewall a little bit as well. It does not change the position of the steering wheel at all. Basically you're using an inch and a half spacer on the steering gear itself. After doing that I also took my brand new drag link and cut it in half. I reindexed it 180° so the the drag link was much more of a 90 degree angle to the steering knuckle rather than a 60 degree angle. Brought it back to more of factory steering geometry dimensions
I guess I don’t know what the original column looked like so it’s confusing to me. It seems if you have to slide the column over an inch then your steering wheel would move too. Mine is super wonky. At least 4 inches over. My grandpa did it 40 years ago. I can’t leave it like this.