Finished OME lift, steering wheel crooked?!

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Ok, here is the proper SEQUENCE for aligning your junk. First, the pitman arm, the one that is attached to the steering box, should be pointing straight forward. Unless you have removed your steering wheel, they should agree; steering wheel at center, pitman arm straight ahead. Second, you adjust the relay rod, or drag link as it's called by most people whose vocabulary wasn't translated from Japanese, to get the wheels pointed straight forward. To do this you will need to marinate the threaded ends with some penetrating oil, loosen the clamps, one on each end, then get a pipe wrench and turn it. You want to lengthen it since you have increased the distance from the steering box to the axle. The tie rods adjust the toe angle of your front wheels which will not have been affacted by your suspension install, but you might as well soak those too and measure the distance between your wheels at the front and at the rear of the wheel. The are plenty of threads on how to do the home-brew alignment which is pretty easy and effective. Have fun and don't put your tongue on any cold, steel parts.
 
I have the same issue and so far the pipe wrench is not working. I guess I need a little more PB blaster or perhaps the MAPP torch. Actually, I kinda like the wheel crooked...makes for a comfortable position with my arm on the door.
 
This is very easy to do......But some people will do things the hard (wrong) way. My buddy was in the garage with me when I was aligining my steering wheel, watched me, asked why & how. I explained it, and low & behold I saw him with a steering wheel puller, the next day, pulling his steering wheel to straighten it because he "didn't wanna mess with all that linkage crap". I just shook my head & let him be.
 

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