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some of you may have noticed from past posts i'm having quite a delima with my steering. my next step is to adjust my tie rods. im looking for some general direction on how to accomplish this. the truck is a 63 c10. the steering turns completely to the left and only 1/3 the way to the right. problem is not with the gearbox. need to adjust the tie rods is all I can imagine to do next. so before rolling around under the truck figuring out through trial and error I thought someone could help with a little knowledge on doing this. Thanks in advance

Hy Troy, I would suggest that you should drop whatever is connected to your pitman arm, now center you steering box, now put your wheels in straight ahead position. Now you can see just how much you have to adjust to put things back together. If you do not have enough range of adjustment perhaps your pitman arm is not installed correctly, most pitman arms and shafts have at least one master spline, Hope this helps.

Turn your steering to where the inner tie rods are in the same realative position to the frame rails. Then eyeball your front wheels in respect to the rear wheels. Adjust the tie rod sleeves so the wheels both apear to be straight ahead. Than use some system to set the toe-in. It helps to lock the steering wheel while doing this.