this weekend I broke a tie rod end , the ball came out the socket on the trails , 1/2 mile from the house , let then pull me back —-this evening I took the 4 tie rod and pitman arm ( steering arm) off the bottom of the steering shaft then replaced the two inner tie rod ends and replaced the pitman arm as it had some play in it , the splines were worn thin , when I tightened the steering arm back up the steering was in a bind , I found that the plate which the lower steering bearing is mounted in is bent , here is a pic of the wife’s 300 and mine , so now the tie rod end studs hit the bottom of that bent plate and jam up , tried to bent it back with a 6 ft bar , had a good bite on it but no luck ———-anyone seen this one before and have any ideas on how to get it back straight with out stripping it down to the frame
