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69a · 08-10-2025, 02:05 AM

[QUOTE=dean333;2405239]My steering wheel turns two turns to the right and only one and a half to the left. Can I just drop the steering arm and then turn the wheel equal directions to center it and reinstall the arm?

Yes, you are correct. You just need to "clock" the arm. You can probably fine tune it with the drag link to get your steering wheel level while driving straight, so check to see if the adjustment is not too far either way. If your splines don't quite lineup you are better to have the imbalance the other way, as you use "full lock" to the left ("U" turns) a lot more than to the right.
I made the same mistake when I removed the Pitman arm to replace a ball joint. Except I did it the other way. U turns were great, but I barely had enough lock to get around a left hand turn. Don't overthink it, it was correct at some point.

08-10-2025, 02:05 AM	#4
69a Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 262	Re: 53 Mercury unequal steering [QUOTE=dean333;2405239]My steering wheel turns two turns to the right and only one and a half to the left. Can I just drop the steering arm and then turn the wheel equal directions to center it and reinstall the arm? Yes, you are correct. You just need to "clock" the arm. You can probably fine tune it with the drag link to get your steering wheel level while driving straight, so check to see if the adjustment is not too far either way. If your splines don't quite lineup you are better to have the imbalance the other way, as you use "full lock" to the left ("U" turns) a lot more than to the right. I made the same mistake when I removed the Pitman arm to replace a ball joint. Except I did it the other way. U turns were great, but I barely had enough lock to get around a left hand turn. Don't overthink it, it was correct at some point.