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Control arm install question

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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 11:19 AM
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I just installed front lowers, and most everything seems to be good. Is it normal for the steering wheel to be off center after the install. It is about 45 degrees off. It wasn't even that much off afterI lifted it.
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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Yo dude are you a Jarhead or do just choose to live at the stumps?
It could cause the axle to move to one side or the other but that seems like alot. Make sure your axle is centered and then adjust your draglink to center the steering wheel and see how it feels. Did you do anything else? loosen your track bar or adjust your toe?
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 11:38 AM
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Yeah, I'm stationed here. I only put the arms on, nothing else today. The axle is still centered and everything looks right. Im getting five an a half degrees castor for both sides with an angle finder. That's where I wanted it. Just seemed weird that the steering wheel would be off that much.
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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Its possible that it moved your axle far enough forward that it through the steering out that much. Recenter the steering wheel with the drag link and see how it does, Oh and Semper Fi, I was in that wasteland in 88. God I hated that place.
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