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Mine seems to be about 1 - 1.5 inches anti clockwise so if you hold it at the correct position, vehicle goes off right!!!
Is it me 
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wolster
Member Since: 07 Dec 2007
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My D2 was like this, cured with a few twists of track rod ends as I recall.
D3 is top dead centre  What if the "Hokey Cokey" really is what it's all about?
'54 TDV6 Auto SE, Silver, Leather, HSE Wheels, Alpine Roof, Light Guards, Black Side Tubes, Tints.
Y 110 County Commercial, White, just bought it... watch this space for added bits!
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| 14th Jan 2008 11:53 pm |
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
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You need to get your tracking checked. Then get the wheel set up. Its a dealer removal and ref-fit, so Ive been told, there is a special tool to disengage/remove the air bag. In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 14th Jan 2008 11:54 pm |
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j,moore
Member Since: 26 Nov 2007
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hi, mines the same but clockwise, i took it to land rover and two other garages who all said the tracking and alignment was correct. it dosent wear the tyres un even but some times it seems to correct its self for a while but most of the time it dosent, i've graduly got used to it. 
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| 14th Jan 2008 11:59 pm |
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
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Its easy to adjust, the dealer simply unbolts the steering wheel and re-fits it on the correct spline. In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 15th Jan 2008 12:09 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
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My dealer sorted mine 
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| 15th Jan 2008 12:13 am |
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CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
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Don't need a dealer to remove the wheel, I have done it myself to swap the nasty plastic one on the GS for a nice leather one from Yeovil. There are various safety precations to take as you are removing the airbag module but as long as the car has gone to sleep and the battery is then disconnected it is easy.
Tool needed can be made from a bit of stiff wire. There is a thread on here about fitting the radio buttons that shows the tool. Will try and post a link. 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
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| 15th Jan 2008 12:14 am |
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CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
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See here
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic3843.ht...io+buttons
Once the airbag is unplugged the wheel comes off with a 12mm socket and can be re-centred if required (assuming tracking etc is OK) 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
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| 15th Jan 2008 12:17 am |
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simon
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mmm would rather leave the explosives for the dealer to set off by mistake 
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| 15th Jan 2008 12:19 am |
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CFB
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 (chicken) 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
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| 15th Jan 2008 12:22 am |
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simon
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no 
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| 15th Jan 2008 12:23 am |
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CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Duck!!! 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
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| 15th Jan 2008 12:24 am |
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simon
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NO
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| 15th Jan 2008 12:26 am |
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wolster
Member Since: 07 Dec 2007
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Does shifting the wheel around move the indicator cancelling stops too, or will they remain offset?
Thats what I was led to believe, hence the track rod adjustment. I'm no mechanic but I thought equal turns on either side but in opposite directions will push the road wheels across but leave the steering wheel and related bits in the same place??? What if the "Hokey Cokey" really is what it's all about?
'54 TDV6 Auto SE, Silver, Leather, HSE Wheels, Alpine Roof, Light Guards, Black Side Tubes, Tints.
Y 110 County Commercial, White, just bought it... watch this space for added bits!
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| 15th Jan 2008 9:22 am |
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hudsonian
Member Since: 21 Jan 2007
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| Re: IS YOUR STEERING WHEEL OFF CENTRE? |
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character wrote:Mine seems to be about 1 - 1.5 inches anti clockwise so if you hold it at the correct position, vehicle goes off right!!!
Is it me
 YES
This has been a constant problem of mine since I had the lower steering column replaced as part of a TSB. It has been in 4 times to have it re-aligned and still is not right. The dealership has been adjusting it via the track rod ends.... and before any one asks, the tracking is correct. Recently there was two significant jolts (bangs) in the steering and the wheel would go out of alignment even further, I thought it had jumped splines on the steering rack, called LRA who inspected it and found the nuts on the track rod ends were loose, rack was OK.
Given up for now, when it go's in for a service at a different dealership I will ask them to adjust it again…. Hopefully correctly. At no point did the dealership attempt to adjust it by removing the steering wheel.
This issue is a huge pet hate of mine
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