Howdy all, first off - thanks for the advice in the past, really saved my ass when i got too enthusiastic trying to maintain my car.

 

Reet - after messing about with the steering rack my steering wheel is not aligned correctly so that when the wheel are straight the steering wheel is sort of in a right hand turn position. I could remove the steering rod from the rack and fiddle with that plastic index thing but can i remove the steering wheel and put it on so its 'straight' on.

yeah wheel comes off easy, if you got standard wheel go to thislink post No.3

Hi

 

Be careful .. if your steering wheel has to be off centre for you to drive straight ahead then probably your track rod lengths are unequal.

 

Assuming your road wheels are straight ahead then you need to reduce one track rod length whilst increasing the other. That will put your steering wheel right and is the correct way of approaching the problem.

Be careful if your car has Hicas you have a steering sensor and it is better to align the steering on the rack versus the wheel!

Ah, i shall align it at the steering rack then. There is this electrical widget on the rack that i did think what it does, i guess it could be HICAS related.

 

And on the way back from Wales this weekend the HICAS red light came on for the first time!