will an alignment fix my dead steering

[David Pozzi]

Set as much positive caster as you can, usually this is around 3 deg positive with stock A arms. If you can get 5 deg positive caster, that's great but you won't be able to achieve that. Run around .25 to .5 deg neg camber for street use. If you drive twisty roads a lot you can run .5 to 1 deg neg but if you drive straight roads a lot, go with .25.

Adjust the freeplay in your steering box. With wheels pointing straight ahead, box centered in travel, loosen the jamb nut in the aluminum top cover, turn the allen screw down gently until you feel some definite resistance, tighten the jamb nut. If you go too tight, the steering will get sticky and not follow the steering inputs smoothly.