Tire rod and wheel alignment in a ford taurus?

ok ! our wheel has always slightly to the right and the right passenger tire was going flat and whatever else...we had it replaced today along with a tire balance on all 4 wheels...now our wheel turns to the left instead of the right like it use to! Also the Driver outer tire rod they said was loose....and our wheel shakes!!!! what is the problem and about how much am i looking at just to get a tire rod put in just the labor cuz i know how much the part cost!!!!|||if you just replaced 1 tire, its going to pull because it has more tread than the others. a bad tierod end will also throw your car out of alignment. a outer tie rod end just takes minutes to replace. 20 dollars tops on labor, you will need a alignment which can cost over 50|||should be about a half hour in labor. labor prices vary from place to place. It may be more labor on a european vehicle.|||the problem is your outer tie rod is about to break,you need to get into shop,the cost on laber depends on the shop you go to,labor around my house is around $60.00 per hour,should be less than hour laber to change out tie rod end,and the shaking in your steering wheel is from the loose tierod end.and when you change the rod end you will also need to get the front end realigned...|||1/2 - 1 hr. should easily do it. You'd better consider a four wheel alignment after the outer tie-rod end is replaced. Different brands are not all the same threaded length.





Even though you return the jam nut to the original location against the new tie-rod end it (new tie-rod end) may not index properly. The tapered threaded end may not align at a 90 degree angle to the tapered hole in the steering arm which connects to the spindle.





You could easily change your own loose tie-rod end. Go to Auto Zone and rent (free) or purchase a pitman arm puller for $14.00. Remove the tire. Spray the jam nut with Blaster. Loosen the jam nut slightly. Remove the cotter key at the end of the tie-rod end under the steering arm. Slide on the pitman arm puller, pointed end in the center of threaded tapered shaft. The two large fingers should now be on the top sides of the steering arm. Tighten the large threaded nut till the swivel part of the ball joint pops loose from the steering arm.





You should still get it aligned. When they do this ask them to check the tightness of the inner tie-rod ends