How to center a steering wheel...

[NIck Miller]

Here's an old article I just remembered with a visual.
Just the pieces, not really the procedure word for word.  notice the
splines.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?2059093


On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:58 PM, NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com> wrote:

> You'll have to pull it off and center it maually.  Super F-U-N!  But not as
> bad as one would think.
>
> What car do you have?  Either way, in the bentley, look up steering wheel
> removal.  The steering wheel is on a Splined shaft (like a CV drive shaft
> into a hub)  And will move in about 2-5*  increments.  If you have the
> ability, you'd want to set the wheels perfectly straight, take the steering
> wheel off, and place it back on correctly.
>
> its just as simple as that.  Should be, anyway, depending on your audi,
> however all the models I know (T44, C4, C5, C5) are like this.  As are about
> a million other cars.
>
> ~Nick
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Al <bournej at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> after adjusting left and right toe in/out. I pretty much have my alignment
>> done, but my steering wheel is turned 45 degrees off center.
>> How can I fix that? I read the Bentley but don’t have a special tool.
>> It drives me nuts going do the road and the wheel isn’t centered.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Al
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