There is confusion here ..
The key words are lenghten the right [ that will bring the front of the wheel in toward a more foward direction] and shorten the left [ that will bring the front of that wheel out from being too far in to a more foward dircection]
What I meant by turning the rods in the same direction is if you wanted to lenghten a rod, you would turn EITHER side in the same direction..if the threads were the same on each side , this would not work and they would have to be turned opposite. Same goes for shortening..same direction..
.but, in your case we want one shorter and one longer[ left/right respectively]

So opposite turns.
Gets confusing.. the trick is to look at the way the threads are rotating on the rod..you can see if the threads are going into the shaft or coming out of the shaft ..going IN results in shortening, coming out results in lengthening..

So, you know how many turns you made on each and what direction, so get back to zero and LENGHTEN the right the same amount as you SHORTEN the left..
sorry for the confuse...

On the SW play, they allow up to 1" at the circumference as Normal..