Front Wheel Alignment

I've noticed that the wheels on my '61 641 are not aligned correctly. When I move one wheel to where it is setting straight ahead, the other is pointing to the outside quite a bit. Do I correct this back at the steering box or the tie rods? It looks to be too much for the tie rods, but not sure. Thanks
 
crawdad,

Have you had the steering box apart recently? It is possible to install the sector shafts out of time, in which case the wheels will never be straight. I don't think it's possible for the sector shafts to "jump" out of time, so if the box hasn't been apart, and the wheels used to be straight, the problem is probably outside of the box.

Tom in TN
 
(quoted from post at 06:52:16 06/18/15) crawdad,

Have you had the steering box apart recently? It is possible to install the sector shafts out of time, in which case the wheels will never be straight. I don't think it's possible for the sector shafts to "jump" out of time, so if the box hasn't been apart, and the wheels used to be straight, the problem is probably outside of the box.

Tom in TN
Tom I've only had this tractor a few weeks, so I don't know if it has been apart or not. The sector shafts appear to be splined on the end where the pittman arms attach. Isn't it possible for someone to slide the pittman arms on in the wrong orientation thus throwing the wheels out of alignment?
 
The sector arms are MASTER splined!

Make sure both arms are slightly swept back when fronts are straight ahead, otherwise, sector gears may be timed wrong
 
They are both swept back, however the right side is further back than the left by a little bit. On the tie rods, however, the left tie rod end has very little thread showing front and back. The right side has a lot of thread showing, both front and back.
I suppose this would indicate that the problem is in the tie rods rather than sector shaft...or not?

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Without you saying which wheel looks cocked in or out, one might assume the side that has all the threads showing is the bad actor.
 
Don't look swept back enough, but then you didn't take a pic from the seatshowing both arms at the same time
 

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