So I used the wiki writeup on steering coupling replacement. Glad I did because the old one looked like it was one sharp turn from disaster.

I thought I had made good marks with an awl on both sides of the old coupling, but I missed the boat and it was off by a nice bit. But I didn't get it out for a test drive until after my helper had left. So I thought, I how can I fix this by myself? Well, dropping the steering gear was out. That's one heavy beast.

I decided since I had the driver's knee board out and had easy access to remove the cluster, I'd just unbolt the steering column and rotate the wheel.

That did work, but what I thought was lined up while the car was up on jacks was not lined up when the weight went back down on the front-end, which has alters geometry (correct?). Wheel is still a bit off. Enough to not cancel the turn signals correctly and make it look like I'm driving a funny car.

So my question is, instead of unbolting all of this stuff again, can't I just unbolt the wheel itself, while the car is on the ground and pointed straight and reset just the wheel position?

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