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[Andy B]

Go on you know you want to, it will eat away at you all night if you dont.

Not a chance! 
It's dark & I can smell a Sunday roast in the kitchen!       

[alfie]

Think I,ve sorted it.It seemed to be just 2 more turns on the track rods,all seems right now,mot tomorrow get the tracking checked the same time.
PS.steering wheel normal.

[bigegg]

Could it also be that somebody has removed the steering wheel in a "previous life" and not got it back on dead center.

Any amount of tracking/realigning would not correct that.

I assume there is not a set locking point for the steering wheel if it has previously been removed .

Pretty sure it will only go on one way, its not splined like they used to be.

local garage to me, not mentioning any names (lee motors of thorpe lane, Leeds),
refitted my steering wheel off-centre, despite the spline.
it was the marks from the hammerhead that p'd me off most.

[amba]

When I first bought my car some years ago it had a really nasty crunch coming from the steering column on full lock due to build up of rust due to being stood for long time.

I sort the help of a local garage to fit me a new adjustable steering column,which resolved the noise however I have always thought the steering wheel was never exactly correct when travelling in a straight line.It is only out at the most 1 or 2 teeth on the spline but never got around to dealing with it.

My interest in this post was raised when I saw somebody else had a similar problem,although their cure seems different from mine but with the extra comments on the posting it appears I can resolve mine by removing and adjusting position of mounting for steering wheel.

[alfie]

All sorted,passed the mot this afternoon,steering wheel position normal,tracking spot on,all I need now is some of them clips that go on to the petrol filter.

[Kevin Wood]

Changing the steering wheel's position relative to the steering box will give you a bigger nightmare than an off-centre steering wheel on an Omega. The error was introduced at the track rods, so that's where it needs to be corrected.

Kevin

[alfie]

It,s all sorted now,Don't know why counted the thread turns when dismantling 7 on each track rod,but it took to get it right after reassembling it.

[amba]

Can you just clarify for me Kevin.

Steering wheel and column were removed sometime ago and I am convinced the wheel was never put back exactly centered.
Alignment has been done several times since and wheel has always remained with the center being at 4/10 o,clock...not 3/9.
Are you saying if I remove the wheel and replace with it back at 3/9 I will have a problem ?