Sloppy steering

[curt93t/t]

Replaced both hubs (pass side fell apart) and put it together and took it for a ride. I can literally turn my wheel (from center) with my hands at the 1 and 11 position and before it starts to turn my hands are around the 12/2 and or 12/10. I am being generous here as it is probably worse. I took it back to my garage and noticed the passenger side wheel was toe'd in quite a bit while the drivers was dead on. I had to replace the outer tie rod earlier due to messing it up trying to get it off. When I replaced it I loosened the jam nut first and went a half a turn. That way when I put the new piece on it would be about dead on. I actually have to screw the new tie rod in 6 turns past where the original one was. I can actually go one more full rotation. My question(s) is why is there such a big difference since they are the same dimension and would this be the cause of the sloppy steering? Haven't taken it back out on the road yet.

[drew0u812]

I had a similar issue...The new tie rod was different in length, I don't remember if it was shorter or longer, but i do remember the toe being significantly off. I used a couple tape measures and straight edges to get the toe as best i could to zero.
Toe setting has a profound effect on the way the car drives, so that shit needs to be right.