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

👋 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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How to Straighten Your Steering Wheel Easily at Home | DIY Car Alignment
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[@TanManFixes]

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.

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

True except for one thing. If the tie rods are on the back of the wheel, you will turn them in opposite directions compared to tie rods that are located in front of the wheels ;)

[@jamkpa]

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

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Glad it was helpful!

[@misterchrisv]

I just did this tonight on my Tesla Model Y. Thank you 🙏

[@NoName-is6py]

That Supra looks f***g fresh bro... Thank a ton for the video.. This one is better than the one on Audi.. ❤

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Thanks! Love the Supra!

[@expose.392]

i respect your patience having to lift the car up numerous times would drive me nuts.

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Yeah it's a bit annoying to do it 3 times. But at least I didn't have to take the wheels off each time. Gotta make the vid ;)

[@anhd1507]

​@@BrosFOURRSpeed so it's not necessary at all to take the wheels off? I'm gonna try this fix on my 2023 audi q5. Thanks for the video!

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

@@anhd1507 Depends on the car. I did this on our S3 and it was easier removing the wheel. So depends

[@OsvaldoTorres-kk8xd]

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!

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Nice! Glad to help!

[@amill1563]

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

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Yeah very noticeable now. Glad to have fixed it!

[@bigdjw13]

Thank you

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

You're welcome!

[@bishuaidong6992]

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?

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Nice! Yeah about hand tight with a firm pull!

[@isaacburlo9547]

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

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Oh nice! Yeah it's so annoying when it's crooked

[@christophersanchez2389]

CS Here Dude OK Still Again About Plenty Of Modified Supra For Over 4 Years Since Back In Late 2019 You Owned A 2020 Toyota GR Supra Videos Since Back Then So I Really A Huge Fan Dude Alright and Yeah So.

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Yeah great cars!

[@themafiaguru]

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.

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Shouldn’t be too much work to straighten out!

[@thraxbert]

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.

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

To be honest it’s a hassle to go back to the shop. But if they do the alignment with the steering wheel slightly off. The alignment itself will be good. I have the print out and all the adjustments are correct. So this adjustment corrects the steering wheel without messing up the actual alignment. I can fix this myself in a fraction of the time it’d take to go back to a shop.

[@thraxbert]

@@BrosFOURRSpeed But you're adjusting the tie rods, which is changing the toe. You may have corrected the straightness of the steering wheel, but now you have one wheel with increased toe out and one wheel with increased toe in. This may exacerbate tire wear.

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

@@thraxbert As shown in the video, as long as you rotate both tie rod ends in the opposite direction, and the same amount of rotation. You will not effect the toe. If you pull both wheels in the same direction a half of a turn. You won’t effect toe. Twisting the threads in the opposite direction will pull both wheels in the same direction to then not effect alignment.

[@kalemjackson2631]

Still confused how this doesn’t affect the alignment

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

@@kalemjackson2631 if you do both ends the exact same amount of a turn in the opposite direction. You have not messed up the alignment. If the driver wheel goes to the left 1 degree and the passanger wheel goes to the left 1 degree. The alignment was not effected. Only the steering wheel got changed.

[@sassythesasquatch4425]

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

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

The very video you made this comment on is your answer ;) This video is literally showing how to adjust a crooked steering wheel without effecting your alignment

[@MasterEmile239]

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 ?

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

You need to aim both front wheels towards the right. Depending on if your tie rods are in front or behind of the axle, will determine which way they need to go. But pull the front of the tires towards the passenger side of the car

[@timothyjackson4653]

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.

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

You can. But just depends on the shop and how well they line it up and if they will let you test drive the car to verify it's straight. For me, it didn't really bother me until months later when I did the new steering wheel and the stripe made it more obvious. So I just did it myself to not wast a trip to the shop

[@kostaseros1564]

Cool but doesn't this mingling disrupt the previously done proper wheel alignment?

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Nope. If you do both sides an equal amount of turns in the opposite direction. The actual alignment doesn't change. Just the steering wheel

[@CLVannoy]

@@BrosFOURRSpeedhow? If you had your car toed in and then you move the tires out how is the toe the same afterwards…..even though you move both tires wouldn’t you be moving one tire toe in and the other tires toe out? That would result in a different toe reading of degrees

[@papimasfuerte4671]

​@@CLVannoy read your comment again, you just confirmed the total alignment will be the same

[@papimasfuerte4671]

​@@CLVannoytoe in on left side will cause the left tire to turn right. Toe out on right side will cause the right tire to turn right. Both tires turn right.

[@CLVannoy]

@@papimasfuerte4671I see what you’re saying but it still changes the direction of the tires making it dogleg down the road right ?

[@Coleen_West]

Interesting, my pet peeve too -- QUESTION -- Are you sure that you should correct from the rods/wheels rather than from at the steering wheel? My gut tells me that the correction should be done from the steering wheel and that by messing with the tie-rod (I think that is what it is called) you have ever so slightly reduced the amount of wheel turn possible in that one direction ie you will not be able to turn fully to the left and will have introduced more possible turn to the right - just imagine if the steering wheel was off a full turn and then you adjusted the tie rod by the correspondingly large amount needed to correct for it - you would greatly reduce the turning performance of the car on one direction and over extended it on the other - this correction needs to be done from the steering wheel to truly get it perfect. Extremely small change but change for sure. Of course, I have no idea how they correct this at the steering wheel and it may be more complex.

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

You can't just make an adjustment to the steering wheel tho. We are only talking about maybe one turn of the tie rod. Shortening it like 2mm if anything. So thats won't affect your steering. I learned this from a performance shop who races their cars. They wouldn't do it if it caused anything less steering angle. The tie rod ends have adjustments like this for a reason. Weather you make the adjustments to fix the toe of the vehicles or adjust your steering wheel, you're still making adjustments on the tie rod ends.

[@FATmenDRIVEtrucks]

I bet your glad you got the Supra since Nismo Z is auto only and disappointing

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Very! Bummer to see auto only. I hope the upgrades make it on par with the auto Supra. But it might cost well into the $60k range. Hopefully I can drive one tho! I bet it is pretty cool. But I love my manual Supra!

[@FATmenDRIVEtrucks]

@@BrosFOURRSpeed I can't wait for those reviews. Watch they come out with a NISMO RS like the Juke lol

[@oreally8605]

Only 20 more hp for the nismo- mostly suspension upgrades. A real disappointment.

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

@@FATmenDRIVEtrucks would be cool!

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

@@oreally8605 I hope they did a lot to improve handling! If it’s not as nimble as a stock Supra, that’ll be disappointing. It’s weighs a lot more too. So I’ll have to see

[@amill1563]

Joe's preview of the Nismo Z. I just now saw it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHrIZ6RoaL-EaLM

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Yeah it’s pretty cool looking!

[@silverFoxx90]

What if my steering wheel is bad but my alignment is good

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Then this is what you do. If your alignment is solid but the steering wheel is off, this is how to adjust the steering wheel without effecting alignment

[@silverFoxx90]

@@BrosFOURRSpeed sweet thanks!

[@icecream_2987]

@@BrosFOURRSpeedso what if the alignment is good but the steering wheel is a bit off center, I don’t have to worry about uneven wear, right?

[@user-ho9pp3vj9e]

Honestly if it’s a good alignment shop they should make it %100 good if you pay you should not have to do anything

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Very true. But sometimes the wheel moves a tad when they do it. So if this happens, it's an easy fix

[@Mucky_Muck]

Some tehnicians look at the steering wheel and it seems straight to them, they just don't see how it's crooked by a single degree.

[@Abylay7]

98

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

99

[@ketobeast8489]

I’d get my money back for that alignment lol that’s some bs 😂

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Yeah, but it's just a hassle going back to the shop. I'd rather just fix it myself and not worry about it. THe alignment is still good, just lots of shops don't get the steering wheel perfect

[@ketobeast8489]

Yeah I did my own and it’s perfect, but I just wouldn’t let that shit slide. They need to know or they will keep doing shotty work. A phone call or yelp review is pretty easy. I mean you basically gave them $100 for nothing because you had to fix their work.

[@moek28]

brother there's a way to straighten out the wheel to center with a snap on diagnostic tool it will tell the computer that this is center without touching the wheels

[@moek28]

if you get the alignment after you center the wheel is better lol. you just jacked up the tow angle by a few degrees

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

No, you'll want to have the alignment done first. That way the car is actually aligned. If the steering wheel is a bit off after that. The method I showed adjusts the steering wheel without effecting alignment. All shown in the video, you need to adjust both side in the opposite direction. That way you don't mess up the tow of the car.

[@moek28]

@BrosFOURRSpeed brother as soon as u adjust the tie rods your tow will be in or out by a degree or two. if your steering wheel is off center either the track on your steering rack is misaligned or there was damage done or the steering wheel is off center because the computer thinks center is in the wrong position. u can have some one with a scan tool adjust the wheel without touching any of the suspension. older cars do not have this option. . Im telling you from experience and not just saying it

[@microbrientube]

It’s definitely confusing that you say “turn in the opposite direction”. it’s clockwise vs counter clock, but from your pov, you turned the tie rods in the same direction-away from you.

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Basically you want to lengthen one tie rod and shorten the other. Pretty sure I did say that in the video. But each tie rod needs to be turned in the opposite direction to not effect alignment

[@microbrientube]

yes but “direction” is relative to POV so I was confused by that having watch the adjustment on the Audi which only shows one side, not both like this one

[@Mucky_Muck]

@@microbrientube You really have to think twice about turning tie rods to not mess up. You turn the wrench in the same direction, one side it lenghtens tie rod and on the other side it shortens it. It makes sense when you think about it.

[@microbrientube]

@@Mucky_Muck yeah I eventually figured it out

[@Mucky_Muck]

@@microbrientube I did my steering wheel straightening yesterday on e92, I had to think for a good 10 minutes not to mess up LOL. Yes, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but it turned out very well.

[@propanbutan4634]

The technician needs to find a new job

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

lol sometimes the steering wheel just turns while they do it maybe. But certainly drives me crazy when it's crooked

[@propanbutan4634]

@BrosFOURRSpeed I turns because its not done properly

[@bombfirst157]

2:48 you say the car is drifting to the right but clearly with the hands off the wheel it’s pointing and drifting to the left. So why are you turning the drivers side wheel more to the left??? This video is completed backwards

[@BrosFOURRSpeed]

Holding the steering wheel straight, the car is drifting to the right. That means both wheels need to be angled to the left to correct the issue. Because then, holding the steering wheel straight, the car will go straight. Before the adjustment I have to hold the steering wheel to the left a bit to have the go straight. So that means the front wheels are pointing a bit to the right. So we need to turn the front wheels to the left.