Steering wheel sits crooked when wheels are pointing straight.

how to fix?

 

Get an alignment. Whens the last time you had one?

 

Your thrust angle is out of whack. As mentioned, get an alignment.

 

Just bought used. Last alignment unknown.

 

Is it under warranty?

 

You officially asked the dumbest question ever on Tacomaworld

 

Sorry op. Having a little fun at your expense is not proper. It is true an alignment will solve that or you could simply drive on high shouldered roads and it will steer straight.

 

With that degree of "unknown" a "process" should be performed to center all the steering components and then do an alignment.

In a nutshell, in this order.
Disconnect the steering column/shaft from the steering rack.
Center the spiral cable (under the steering wheel).
Center the steering rack in its range of travel.
Reconnect the column/shaft, keeping it all centered.
Install steering wheel straight.
Do alignment, correctly.
If steering wheel is slightly off at this point it can be centered by turning both tie rods equal amounts in the same direction. One direction or the other to bring the steering wheel to center.

 

180.00 lifetime warranty with firestone is what I have.

Take it in as often as you want

 

private sale

 

Have this and its so worthwhile especially if you drive off road frequently. I do a good amount of beach driving and the lifetime alignment is a life saver

 

Congratulations, you're a dick. Could be his first car, could just not be car savvy. Whatever don't rip on people for asking an honest question. At least now he'll get an answer and know for the future.

 

Do they actually do a good job though? I'm always wary of things that sound too good to be true. I always bring my vehicles to a local speed shop and they spend a good deal of time dialing things in perfectly. Yeah it does cost quite a bit more but I feel that is what quality work goes for. If firestone is as good as you say they are, I might have to look into them.

 

That’s no way to treat a new member.

Imagine skipping over a post instead of posting something hateful.

Great advice here, OP.

 

I always get the spec sheet and according to that and the old reliable butt dyno, yeah it feels/looks/drives fine

 

Yeah but this is like asking where do I put the gas in

New to what? Common sense? Cars? Kind of like asking my tire is low on air what do I do…. Put more air in it obviously…. I feel a very simple google search would be adequate to find the answer of why a steering wheel would be crooked…. Maybe be a little self sufficient first before u ask simple stuff

 

I remember my parents telling me when I was a child, "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

Lets do better, Cody.

 

I understand your point but the whole purpose of TW is community and when you’re crass towards new members it presses the code of conduct that you agreed to when joining this site.

It’s just as easy to skip along a thread where you provide no useful information other than to flame as it is to probably Google half of the posts made on this site daily.

Irony.

 

No reason to treat a new member like this. We all start somewhere with our knowledge of cars.