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Steering Wheel angle question

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CraigLandrum

CraigLandrum

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Am in the process of restoring the steering wheel before putting it back in the TR3 and noticed that the steering wheel shaft is not exactly perpendicular to the steering wheel. If I set the wheel on the floor with the shaft sticking up, should it sit at a slight angle or be straight up at 90 degrees? With the wheel at the current angle (maybe 85 degrees??) there would be a noticable "wobble" to the mounted wheel as it turned through 360 degrees when driving. Is that normal or should I bend things to try and get the shaft at exactly a right angle to the wheel?
 
I think it should be at 90 degrees. The dirty mark on my trousers where the wheel rubs against my leg is fairly narrow and the wheel turns without a wobble!
 
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It should be straight. Most likely the wires radiating from the hub got twanged out of whack. I doubt there is a problem with the hub itself, as it's aluminium and that stuff don't bend so good without breaking.
 
Should be straight, but I've got several that aren't. Doesn't take much of an accident to bend it; if you brace yourself against the wheel.
 
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