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While it may not be "perfect" it certainly is possible to adjust the toe in. The hardest part is getting the steering wheel to point the right way when you are going straight. Because you have just replaced the steering box, I would recomend alligning first then getting the steering straight after a drive. I like to put the car up on 4x4's under all 4 tires to get at the tie rods while keeping the car level. If you have a straight tread on your tires, you can measure across that. Otherwise tou need straight angle iron or soomething similar that will allow you to measure in front and in back of the front tires. There is supposed to be just under 1/8 more in back than in front. Use a tape measure. You can adjust either the middle tie rod or either of the 2 ends to adjust this, but I would start with the middle. Once you get the toe in adjusted, go for a test drive. Just far enough to see how centered the steering wheel is. If it's right and you adjusted the center tie rod, you are probably done! This is probably not going to happen though. Pull the car back into the garage and point the wheel to where it was when you were headed straight. Your mission is to adjust the driver's side tie rod until the steering wheel is straight without moving the driver's side road wheel. This isn't easy, so I would suggest some combination of 4x4's or something rigged to hold the road wheel in place. Once that is done, you need to adjust the passenger side tie rod to the same length as the driver's side. Then you readjust the toe in with the center rod to get it back in line.
Good luck!
Mike
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