"Steering wheel cocked to "1 o'clock" position. Car drives straight. Brakes don't bind. (my 740 also exhibits this, right after a fresh alignment yet!) What causes/cures this? Tires all good."

What typically causes this is an alignment guy not finishing the job. If you paid to have a car aligned and it came back with a uncentered steering wheel, you need to take it back... you paid to have the steering wheel centered, as part of the alignment. If they say uh-uh, that'll be more money, I would strongly suggest you find a new place to have you cars aligned.

Having said (okay, ranted) all that, if you so choose, it's no big deal to correct this condition. If the steering wheel is centering to the right (1 o'clock), you need to shorten the left side tie rod and lengthen the right side tie rod by equal amounts. If you adjust them equally, you will not disturb the current toe-in setting. Also keep in mind that the left side rod end is left hand thread and the right side is right hand thread... this means you'll be physically turning both of them the same direction in order to lengthen one and shorten the other. Try a full turn on each for starters, snug down the locknuts and go for a quick drive to see where you are on steering wheel centering.

Gary L


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1971 142E ITB racer, 1973 1800ES, 2002 S60 T5