71 duster front end help
LOL. Well I would not think 1/2 is the end of the world. There IS (was) a spline on the wheel and shaft, originally.
So to sum this up.........
If the wheel is correctly aligned to the shaft (via the "should be there" spline)
If the coupler is assembled correctly (the wheel will be 1/2 turn off, bottom pointing up if wrong)
If the shaft has not been hacked / cut / welded etc
If the coupler / box has not been modified IE if the coupler is correctly keyed to the master spline
Then it is right.
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l would take one more run at the wheel. Get a puller and pull it if you have to, but it was there originally.
Then just "walk" the tie rod adjusts so that toe is where you want and so the wheel is centered
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"Shoes" I was referring to the pieces inside the coupler
If someone had that apart the shaft can be 1/2 turn off from what it should be
Now on my own car I can't guarantee that "things" were exactly centered when done.......I knew my wheel was splined correctly, everything else ditto, so once I had the toe "roughed it" close I drove it around a bit. On concrete (level) and crowned asphault roads for a few miles. I "noted" how far the wheel "liked" off center, then went home and "walked it over with the tie rods, and finally, "fine checked" the toe, and that was it.
LOL. Well I would not think 1/2 is the end of the world. There IS (was) a spline on the wheel and shaft, originally.
So to sum this up.........
If the wheel is correctly aligned to the shaft (via the "should be there" spline)
If the coupler is assembled correctly (the wheel will be 1/2 turn off, bottom pointing up if wrong)
If the shaft has not been hacked / cut / welded etc
If the coupler / box has not been modified IE if the coupler is correctly keyed to the master spline
Then it is right.
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l would take one more run at the wheel. Get a puller and pull it if you have to, but it was there originally.
Then just "walk" the tie rod adjusts so that toe is where you want and so the wheel is centered
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"Shoes" I was referring to the pieces inside the coupler
If someone had that apart the shaft can be 1/2 turn off from what it should be
Now on my own car I can't guarantee that "things" were exactly centered when done.......I knew my wheel was splined correctly, everything else ditto, so once I had the toe "roughed it" close I drove it around a bit. On concrete (level) and crowned asphault roads for a few miles. I "noted" how far the wheel "liked" off center, then went home and "walked it over with the tie rods, and finally, "fine checked" the toe, and that was it.