Steering Wheel alignment

Is the vehicle steering properly. IE: Runs true without leaning on one side of the wheel & returning to centre after rounding a bend? If so alignment may be fine.
Just a matter of feeling under the plasic hub & locating a couple of screws, probably Phillips head, & finding a short srewdriver that will fit between the wheel & dash & remove them.This should expose the large nut which holds the wheel,(thats not you!) so remove it.
Then with your fists give the left & right sides of the wheel a pummelling with your fists hard & fast & the vibration should loosen it enough to lift it off.
Wheels should be straight ahead when U do this. Then replace the wheel at proper
position & screw it altogether.
This is not specifically for a Jeep so hope it works for U.
If the truck ( if I can call a Jeep a truck) does not have a bent steering component
or a scrubbed trye which pulls to one side or accident damage you should be on your way in about 20 minutes.

They may be right. On the new GU Patrol 3L you can adjust the wheel alignment but there is no adjustment in the arm from the steering box. Therefore you cannot straighten the wheel externally after an alignment.

It was common and quick to straighten a steering wheel simlpy by undoing the single nut holding it on and moving it on the spline. Was a 5 minute job just had to be sure you reconnected the horn and was easy.

Now it is very different, the car manufacturer has placed and explosive device in the steering wheel. And guess what NOBODY is game to touch it! It can no doubt be done by trained professionals and at a guess they would want alot more than the cost of the alignment.

the alignment place is probly right i rarely aligned a new car that was with in specs.
once the aligner chages the wheel alignment the steering wheel wil move and with an air bag unless they know what there doing it could be a rather expensive alignment on there behalf.
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I have the same problem went to Heasman in St Peter's, you know the guys that make Polyairs, anyway they said it's to do with the toe in and told me to drop it in anytime $44 bucks standard wheel alignment problem fixed, the Ford has 4 airbags, 2 front 2 side. My advice is to go to someone who only deals in steering & suspention and or 4x4s.

Baz.

Now I for one have very limited knowledge on matters such as this. However my little know-how tells me that with the average 4WD you can only adjust the toe-in.

This is effected by lengthening/shortening the track rod which links both wheels together. Hence, if the alignment crowd stuff it up, you can end up with good wheel alignment BUT the steering wheel not centred.

I think you'll find the "silver" bit related to wheel balance rather than alignment. After all is said and done, the wheels are either aligned or they're not.

Go back and grumble/shout/yell ..... they stuffed up. And I believe it should be fairly easy to fix.

Cheers

A wheel alignment should also include making sure the steering wheel is straight, this is basic stuff. There is no need to even touch the steering wheel, to correct it. All they need to do is adjust the tie rod ends by an equal amount on both sides to correct the steering wheel position. By doing this your moving the direction the wheels are pointing but not moving the steering wheel. If each side is done by exactly the same amount say 1 complete turn of the tie rod end then the overall alignment is not changed just the relative position of the wheels to the steering wheel