bent tie rods are pretty common from sloppy jacking, I've found some with a piece of angle iron welded on to pull them straight .... if it's bowed it's time for a new one
"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics
.... if it's bowed it's time for a new one 
