I went to get my jeep aligned today, and they refused to do it until I replaced a bad tie rod end. Understandable. The TR that's bad is the one that connects to the pitman arm...it's a short one...The mechanic said that it was, "loose as a goose."

Well, I took the old one off and compared it to the new one i bought from autozone, and noticed no difference. On both the old and the new, the TR end moves freely. From my experiences w/ TR ends, this is not a good thing. So I'm not sure if it is supposed to be like this, or if I'm missing something.

Any help would be appreciated!

 

what do you mean by moves freely .. what moves freely?