New engine, crooked steering wheel?

I had a new engine installed in my Taco and now the steering wheel is crooked to the left about 1/4th of a quarter steering wheel turn. That's to get it to drive straight. They said a front end alignment was done on it, so they assume it's tires.

Prior to the new engine, it wasn't crooked, however, it had to be towed in.

My Q is, is there a way the towing company could have tweaked it? Dealership said they didn't do anything with the steering wheel linkage during the engine install. Can you do an engine install and not touch the steering linkage?

 

I'd ask the guys that installed it if they disconnected the steering column.

 

+1

 

I wander if this is something we can do it ourselves?
take care
vbibi

 

Dealership states column wasn't disconnected to remove and install the engines. Doesn't it kind of have to be? Anyone here know?

 

Don't they need to disconnect the pump/steering column to remove and install an engine?

 

I think someone is BS'in you. Steering doesn't require any disassembly and why did they align the front end? Swapping the motor shouldn't effect the steering unless they installed a different size/weight engine. Glad to hear your trucks' back on the road!

 

I correct my toe all the time. Just use an adjustable wrench to loosen the bolt on the tire rods closest to your engine and either twist the tie rods towards or away from each other to correct your toe. Start off by measuring the distance from the front of both wheels to each other vs the difference of the back of both wheels to each other, then adjust your toe accordingly. Remember, a little toe-in is optimum to maintain load on your wheel bearings.