How to Straighten Your Steering Wheel Easily at Home | DIY Car Alignment

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👋 Have you ever got an alignment done on your car but the steering wheel isn't straight? In todays video I show how to do an at home front end alignment on your car to straighten out your steering wheel. Adjusting your tie rod ends is an easy way to align your steering wheels in a simple way. I installed lowering springs and new wheels on my new Toyota Supra, and after getting a professional alignment on all 4 wheels to insure even tire wear. While the car tracks perfectly straight, the steering wheel is a bit off center. I'll be driving in a straight line and the car doesn't pull at all, but the steering wheels doesn't look straight. It's slightly crooked while driving in a straight line. When I straighten out the steering wheel, the car start turning to the right. I noticed it slightly with my factory steering wheel. But after installing an aftermarket wheel with a flat bottom and center stipe, it's just too noticeable now and drives me crazy! In todays video I make a small adjustment to the left and right tire rod end to turn the wheels to the left a bit. About 3/8 of a full rotation on each tie rod pulled both front wheels to the left making the steering wheel nice and straight. Since I did the same full rotation on each side in the opposite direction, the wheels will still have the same alignment with no issues, but now the steering wheel won't be crooked while driving straight. This is trial and error as I started with 1/4th of a turn, then went to a full 1/2 of a turn, then backed it up 1/8th to get it to the sweet spot! This is the easy way to straighten your steering wheel in relation to the wheels of the car! How to straighten steering wheel on your car. Crooked steering wheel? This at home alignment fixes that.

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All Comments (21)

@TanManFixes 4 months ago

easy way to put it: steering wheel crooked to the right. driver side rod turn clockwise right, passenger turn counter clockwise to the left. And if the steering wheel is crooked left, do the exact opposite.
@jamkpa 8 months ago

Excellent quality of video, info and explanation! This is something I need to do to my vehicle too.
@misterchrisv 2 months ago

I just did this tonight on my Tesla Model Y. Thank you 🙏
@NoName-is6py 9 months ago

That Supra looks f***g fresh bro... Thank a ton for the video.. This one is better than the one on Audi.. ❤
@OsvaldoTorres-kk8xd 3 months ago

I bought a used Subaru Outback, the steering wheel was way off from the center. I followed your instructions on how straight it out, now it’s perfectly center. Thank you!
@bigdjw13 8 months ago

Thank you
@expose.392 11 months ago

i respect your patience having to lift the car up numerous times would drive me nuts.
@seadoodreamthai 1 month ago

Hi bro, you really helped me, thank you so much
@amill1563 11 months ago

Yes, I'd imagine the steering wheel mark in the middle would be noticeable if it's off. Probably helpful at speed.
@bishuaidong6992 7 months ago

This worked great. Marked up the original position and turned both a quarter of a turn. With that said, how tight do you tighten the tie rod locking bolt? Hand tight plus another tug?
@isaacburlo9547 6 months ago

Thanks mine was just as bad all it needed was 1/4 turn. E87 bmw I didn’t even need to jack it up!
@christophersanchez2389 11 months ago

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@themafiaguru 7 months ago

I'll have to try this. I went to the shop to get an alignment. The car drives straight but the steering wheel is slightly turned to the right which bugs the hell out of my OCD ass.
@talesofatoller357 1 month ago

A quick question, my steering wheel is off for maybe 1 degree, due to a new steering wheel. I do not have a professional car jack like you have, only the standard one which is in the car. I can reach the rods when I steer hard to the left or right, can I then also do this, or do the wheels have to be straightforward when adjusting the rods ? Or.. could I lift the car on 1 side, adjust the rod, and then lift the car on the other side and adjust the rod ? ( hope this question makes sense since Google translate helped me whilst typing this :-).
@sassythesasquatch4425 5 months ago

Hey my wheels are aligned but the steering is off itself. How do i adjust just the steering and. Not the wheel
@timothyjackson4653 5 months ago

Can’t alignment tech just hold the steering wheel straight after performing the alignment and let the machine tell them if any angles are still off? It is frustrating that after spending $150-$200 you are still left with an imperfection.
@jasonlaw1048 6 days ago

Can we do the adjustment without jacking up the car?
@relapse9994 12 days ago

So what if your steering wheel is almost 90° from the original position
@joManTan 7 months ago

So I got to figure out how to adjust my tie rod for my car. Took it to a shop to get it aligned and they didn’t do a good job on straightening the wheel. Need help figuring out how this adjustment for the wheel works. So when my wheel is straight it pulls to left. When the car is straight the steering wheel is slanted right side. So do I pull my right tie rod out and my left tie rod in ?
@thraxbert 11 months ago

If the car was actually aligned, your aligner got the thrust angle wrong. Incorrect thrust angle will cause the nose to pull and a steering wheel that's crooked. They may have also flubbed your steer ahead, which is the trueness of the steering to 12:00 when the wheels are forward and the car is tracking straight. In short: they should be redoing your alignment to fix this.