steering correction

[danny09]

i just bought a transit van - yay for me?
its a blue mk5 i believe - 1995 - i dunno ....... its a van

anyway - when the wheels are straight the steering wheel is turned left. can i take the steering wheel off and bolt it back up straight - or do i need to do this at the actual wheels - if so how - or should i count my losses and take it to a garage?

not bad these transits are they? bit of a bad boy image - quite like it - been looking round the board liking the aggresive look of an A-bar and 2 fog lights and 4 spots on the roof

also i have here 2 workshop manuals 1978 onwards but looks like they dont really cover the 1995 - looks like the older mk1 mk2 models - the cooler looking ones - these any good to me and my 95

[MrMPuk]

The steering wheel is splined so can not be moved, it is off centre because a garage has set the tracking incorrectly. If you take it somewhere that knows what they are doing with tracking they will sort it.

[v8rick]

agree with above,,, when the garage sets the tracking they should centre the wheel and adjust the tracking around it,, so you end up with a straight wheel and you going in a straight line.

[danny09]

thought as much - be about 15 quid no more than 20 wont it? its quite severely to the left

[ake]

I'd have thought it would cost nearer £50, but ask around

[danny09]

I'd have thought it would cost nearer £50, but ask around

for 50 quid it can stay like that - all they do is align the wheels with a laser and turn a couple bolts dont they - infact im pretty sure it will say how in a manual - i dont have a laser but the edge of a piece of timber will act as an alignment tool i reckon

[ake]

Think of it this way, How much is two tyres, how long will they last if you don't get it done?

But like I said ask around, I'm only guessing the price

[AlanN]

I had laser tracking done on an 56 astra earlier this year and it cost £22 + vat only took them 15 mins, that works out £88/h