if you didn't feel it in the steering wheel, it's unlikely to do with the tie rod - did you spin the drum when you had the wheel off? or better, take the drum off and look at the bearings and brakes? and you might also check the spring shackles for wear that lets them shift side to side

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"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
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