Bent tie rod?

[ghost recon88]

Alright I'll try and keep this as short as possible. Couple weeks ago we got a nice snowfall here. Friend and I went out in my Ruststang and hit up a local church parking lot. Doing donuts and crap, anyways I accidentally go over an island going maybe 10-15MPH on our way out (didn't see it because I have my headlights turned off as to not attract attention). Didn't think anything was wrong until a couple days later. Only thing I can say that feels "off" is now when I go to turn, I feel like I need a little more rotation on the wheel to complete my turns. My wheel is still centered straight when driving straight though. Think I could have bent a tie rod from going up and over the island. The curve wasn't that high, shorter than most city curves but maybe hitting it right on going that speed did some damage.

If it is the tie rod, what's the average cost of getting it repaired? And is it something where they need to take off your shocks to get to it? Thanks

 

[natto fire]

What year is your Mustang? The parts shouldn't be more than 25-50, for the outers and I think Mitchell usually puts tie rod ends around a hour per side, so it depends on what your shop charges per hour. Actually changing just the outer ends is pretty easy, but then you have to do an alignment on top of that. Most cars I have seen the outer tie rods can be changed without much disassembly, but YMMV.

 

[ghost recon88]

It's a 96, after looking around on the internet it appears the parts are cheap. My guy charges $40 per hour for labor.

 

[natto fire]

Can he do the alignment too? Yeah parts are super cheap, especially if you only need the outers. Have you visually inspected the suspension yet, or checked tire pressure?

 

[kornphlake]

It could be something other than tie rods, I'd do a visual inspection before throwing parts at it. It would be a bummer to take the car in for an alignment after replacing the tie rods and find out a control arm is bent.