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Eh - the toothed sprocket is the most common failure item - more so than the water pump or the belt. That is the very last part I would consider replacing with Chinese. The parts graveyard in my lobby has several with seized bearings and some with no bearings left in them. And I've thrown dozens away that were similar. GD

I am just waiting on payment from one buyer on here, and interest from others previously committed (as usual, the majority of FB members who were interested - and were the ones that made me decide to run this last batch - have now gone very quiet). I personally have 5 sets left which have provisional names, but no payment. If any are left over you have first option (carfreak85)...

A few basics first. How many miles are on it, what recent work has been done, and is it an auto? How is the fuel pump pressure?

disregarding the steering wheel position for a moment - when you are driving straight and let go of the wheel, does the car continue straight or does it pull to one side? If it continues straight, then the alignment itself is fine. Steering wheel centering "should" be an integral part of the alignment process, but many places do not do it/don't care. Go back to the alignment shop and ask them to fix it.

Is the steering wheel physically pulling one way or the other? Or is the issue that the steering wheel is not centred properly? If it’s just that the steering wheel is not centred then that’s an issue for the wheel alignment place. Cheers Bennie

What happened?

Learning to drive a manual is an important life skill. Point out to him that LOTS of females can drive a manual. He needs to learn anyway. Best way to learn is to have to do it or not be able to get where you need to go. GD

So I backed em off about 1/4 turn CCW and torqued them to 7 ft-lbs. (about 1/8 turn CW) and it felt slightly tighter than I think is optimal but they don't feel/act stripped so I'm going to go with it.

as comatosellama suggested, speed dependent vibrations/shaking are most often caused by a tire out of balance, sometimes a damaged tire - Start there. As texan suggested, swapping tires from front to back for a quick, inexpensive test.. if the vibration is still present, bet less noticeable in the steering, that would suggest it IS a tire out of balance and/or damaged. get them checked If swapping the tires has no effect on the vibration/shaking, then yes, you need to dig deeper. potential issues: ball joints, tie rod ends, wheel bearing, CV joint (axle), maybe a frozen brake caliper.. also check struts & springs.. also take a look at the lower control arm mounting points. the rear most mount bushing tends to be a problem area

When I had my 92 legacy it was doing the same thing and it ended up being the tie rods.

swap tires front to back inspect suspension and steering parts look for frozen brake caliper