Hello all,
I have a 2008 Enthusiast 350z that had the stereo controls on the wheel go out on it a while back. I finally got sick of it and ordered a new clock spring for it. I installed it and everything functioned fun except that my steering wheel is no longer pointing straight when my car is going straight. Its not off by a lot but its definitely enough to annoy me. I know for sure I aligned the notch on the steering wheel to the notch on the steering column. The only idea I have is when I loosened the nut holding the steering wheel on I turned the wheel to lock it. I am wondering if somehow it lost it's zero when I did this. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

take it off and do it again

 

I've disassembled and reassembled multiple times with no luck.

 

Go get it aligned

 

Since the clock spring is indexed, there's really no way to screw up the installation outside of having it wound off-center when you do the install. Don't lock your steering wheel before you pull it off; just drive straight into the flat area where you want to do the work, pull the wheel and re-insert it centered with the clock spring keyed to the hole on the wheel at 12 o'clock. Like Travis said, if that doesn't work, your alignment is off.