the steering wheel on my 02' sunfire needs to be turned to the right in order to have the car moving straight (holding it facing straight up pulls the car to the left like mad)

the car has new suspension (everything except balljoints and theyre going in soon) and it has been aligned. the car doesnt pull any direction when the wheel is turned to the right and it is aligned that way.

so my question here is, can i take the wheel off and turn it a couple of degrees to the left so that it sits right when i drive?-- a better question is can i do this and not worry about the air bag blowing on me? lol -- is it easy enough to do that its worth it?

thanks for the help guys

whoever did your alignment messed up.

its been done 2 times, and its been like that since i got the car, which i got with 23k miles on it


the last guy who did it suggested that if the car ever had rack and pinion work done to it that its off a tooth there or something, but i dinno...

theres no uneven wear on the tires and never has been, ive put 60000 miles on it so far.

yellow22 wrote:whoever did your alignment messed up.

x2 bring the car to a different place if they can't figure it out.


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ill take it to my buddys shop when i get a chance then, he does alignments, hes just too dang busy to work on my car, i dont want to barge into his shop, hes got cars on the lift that are making him money, and he wont bill me, i tried that...

The job is not that difficult to do at the wheel. I think Autozone has a how to o their website regarding airbag removal and reinstallation. You'd need a wheel puller, also available at Autozone. Follow all the instructions carefully, and you can do it safely. I've sapped steering wheels numerous times. PM me if you need assistance.




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^^ if its still the same when i get the car aligned again i will be contacting you sir, only waiting for warmer weather, yea im a pus.

the first thing an alignment place does is center the wheel, and then get underneath the car.



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Viper98912 wrote:the first thing an alignment place does is center the wheel, and then get underneath the car.

thats correct thats why the people that did your alignment most likely didnt care and were like oh well not my money.

Does the cavalier steering wheel have a centering tooth? Like you can only put it on one way anyways. It can't go on a tooth off. I am not sure but what they need to do is adjust your tie rods. that is why the wheel is off. Even if it drives straight the tie rods are off and that is why the wheel is cocked.

David Alameda (Zspeedcav) wrote:Does the cavalier steering wheel have a centering tooth? Like you can only put it on one way anyways. It can't go on a tooth off. I am not sure but what they need to do is adjust your tie rods. that is why the wheel is off. Even if it drives straight the tie rods are off and that is why the wheel is cocked.

hence why they did it wrong but i didnt think he would understand if i put it that way

Jesus christ. If they dont road test your vehicle or at least cant tell it is uber f*cked up then you deff. need to take your car somewhere else..

Not to mention they make a spring loaded steering wheel lock that keeps the wheel straight when doing alignments..

Did you happen to get this alignment at wal-mart?


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yea, who ever did your first two alignments took your money and ran.

As said above, there is no way to 'turn the wheel one tooth' since there is one tooth that is wider then the others......

Also, if the rack was off one tooth (which also cant happen) the wheel would be WAY off.......

Make sure you dont get ripped off again.

ALSO, make sure your wheels arnt worn funny....... the best alignment in the world cant fix @!#$ty tires.




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i had my cars alignment done after i hit a curb. Car does not pull any witch way but its cock eyed just a WEElittle bit but ya they messed up bring it back in.