I meant to also say .....
for a base steering wheel being centered place to start -
remove the key, and let the steering lock with the steering wheel centered.
then try to get toe and camber right ,
and if you need to fine-tune steering wheel centering in the end ........you
can do that with tie rod adjustments.,
but that should be the very last step after things are pretty good for toe,
camber, and castor.

I can tell you a way to tell if the castor is in the ball park using a level
if you want.
Scott
turbovans

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: Trying To Understand Tie rod Adjustments

> The measurements are taken with the steering wheel centered and all
> readings
> are referencing center.
>
> You could actually have one wheel toed in and the other toed out with a
> net
> toe-in of 0.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
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>
>
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> neil N
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> Subject: Re: Trying To Understand Tie rod Adjustments
>
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 9:47 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I understand toe in. Front portion of each tire points in a *little*
>> like snow plow skiing. What I don't get is if one tire can be
>> straight, and another pointing in or out.
>
>
>
> Oops. Where I wrote "tire", I really meant "wheel"
>
> Neil.
>
>
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