OK, so I had new tires installed a few months back and also wanted to have them do a front-end alignment to be sure my tires would wear evenly. After they did the "alignment" my '01 XJ has not driven/tracked straight. I took it back to have them do another check on the alignment and they said it was good and with in spec.
First problem is the steering wheel is cocked to the side which drives me nuts and I specifically told them to MAKE sure it's still straight after the alignment. Also, after the second time they did what appears to be nothing I'm not taking it back there.
So I've been reading the various forums on how to check and adjust the Toe of our rigs and after taking measurements at center of the wheel it appears the my toe is at almost 0 or even slightly ~ 1/16" toe-out... so that would explain why my XJ is a bit squirly ... it will track straight for a bit, then feel like it's pulling to the right and other times it tracks straight. I was going to try and adjust my toe-in but had no success. I loosened the clamps on each end (pics to follow) and couldn't get any movement at all. Didn't want to bend anything as I was torquing pretty hard to no avail. Can anyone confirm or tell me what I was doing wrong or if I just didn't torque hard enough w/the pipe wrench to get movement. It doesn't appear that I have tie-rod adjusting sleeves on my rig but rather one large bar??
I tried turning this piece (not sure what it's called as their is no tie-rod adjusting sleeve as I've seen noted on all the how-tos)
Drivers Side below:
Passengers Side below:
Any help or ideas is appreciated.
First problem is the steering wheel is cocked to the side which drives me nuts and I specifically told them to MAKE sure it's still straight after the alignment. Also, after the second time they did what appears to be nothing I'm not taking it back there.
So I've been reading the various forums on how to check and adjust the Toe of our rigs and after taking measurements at center of the wheel it appears the my toe is at almost 0 or even slightly ~ 1/16" toe-out... so that would explain why my XJ is a bit squirly ... it will track straight for a bit, then feel like it's pulling to the right and other times it tracks straight. I was going to try and adjust my toe-in but had no success. I loosened the clamps on each end (pics to follow) and couldn't get any movement at all. Didn't want to bend anything as I was torquing pretty hard to no avail. Can anyone confirm or tell me what I was doing wrong or if I just didn't torque hard enough w/the pipe wrench to get movement. It doesn't appear that I have tie-rod adjusting sleeves on my rig but rather one large bar??

I tried turning this piece (not sure what it's called as their is no tie-rod adjusting sleeve as I've seen noted on all the how-tos)
Drivers Side below:

Passengers Side below:

Any help or ideas is appreciated.