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Originally Posted by firebird77clone

Centered wheel is my personal fettish.

I'm fully cognitive of caster, camber, toe and can even reasonably explain Ackerman angle so I know the geometry, and understand the alignment can be perfect even without the wheel centered.

BUT.. it needs to be centered.

Yep, the only one that affects the wheel position is toe. With a rack & pinion, once you get the toe set you can adjust both tie rod ends equal amounts to move the steering wheel to center (R one turn out, L one turn in, no net change in the toe), assuming you centered the rack when you clocked the wheel originally. On a traditional straight axle setup (or your Firebird) the steering wheel position is adjusted with the drag link that connects the pitman arm to the steering arm. Centering the wheel is the last step in the front end alignment.