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Daves55Sedan · 09-19-2021, 05:46 PM

Tell ya what. I have a '55 Ford that allowed more rotations of the wheel in the left direction than the right. I took the steering wheel off to see if the wheel was installed properly aligned with the little keyway in the steering shaft, and it was.
I got down and tried to adjust the tie rod end sleeves to even out the number of rotations each way, but ran out of thread on the tie rod at one end, while the other end was as far in as it could go.
Someone had previously pressed on a new worm-gear on the other end of the steering shaft, but they placed the gear on off-center.
I put my tie rod ends back where they were, then filed a new keyway in the steering shaft at the exact midway point between the right and left turns. Then put my wheel back on. Problem solved. Not the right way to do it though, but it doesn't hurt anything.

09-19-2021, 05:46 PM	#8
Daves55Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granite City, Illinois Posts: 3,008	Re: 1950 Ford Steering Wheel Alignment Tell ya what. I have a '55 Ford that allowed more rotations of the wheel in the left direction than the right. I took the steering wheel off to see if the wheel was installed properly aligned with the little keyway in the steering shaft, and it was. I got down and tried to adjust the tie rod end sleeves to even out the number of rotations each way, but ran out of thread on the tie rod at one end, while the other end was as far in as it could go. Someone had previously pressed on a new worm-gear on the other end of the steering shaft, but they placed the gear on off-center. I put my tie rod ends back where they were, then filed a new keyway in the steering shaft at the exact midway point between the right and left turns. Then put my wheel back on. Problem solved. Not the right way to do it though, but it doesn't hurt anything.