Luck would have it I have hand surgery Friday (to hopefully fix this screwed up tendon once and for all in my thumb), and tonight (Wed), I hit a real rough patch of road and now I have a "pop" from the driver's side tie rod end.

The diagnosis was having the girlfriend turn the wheel about half a turn back and forth and I could see / hear the end "pop" on the pitman arm side. When I grabbed hold of it though, it appears tightly connected.

So the conundrum is that I'm going to be out of commission for a while with this surgery. Is this something that can wait for a couple of weeks or do I just need to suck it up and take it in the shop ($$$) and have it done.

Is this thing going to fail and come apart or just add play in the steering?

thanks everyone!

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