Clock spring help

I needed to re-align the front end of my 1994 BMW 325is.  After I had dropped the steering rack to change the oil pan and reassembled everything, the car was pulling to the right a good bit.

But the threads between the inner and outer tie rods could not be de-seized, period.  So, I replaced both.

There was no way to keep the rack centered during the installation process.  It's time to connect up the outer tie rods to the hubs.  So now I'm worried about my clock spring.

Is this right?

1. Set the rod lengths to be as close as possible to the old rods.

2.  "Center" the rack by measuring the distance from the midline of the car to each end of the inner socket assembly on the ends of the rack/piston.

3.  Look at the steering wheel and if it's top-centered, lock it in place and connect the outer rods to the steering knuckles.  Then string the car and align it as usual.

What if, at step 3, the wheel isn't top-centered?  Anything else?

Thanks,

Jamey

Center the rack before connecting it to the column.  If you allowed the steering wheel to rotate, you should pull the wheel, turn the clockspring until it starts to bind one way, then turn it the other direction until it binds, counting the revolutions.  Go back halfway.  The rack is centered the same way.  Line steering column stuff up, then adjust toe to center the wheel.

An aside: Clockspring corrected to clocks Pringle.  Really?

Thanks man!