OK, so i got the car completely back together last night. New LCA and guide rod.

Big problem though. Maybe. Hopefully not.

The alignment shop wont touch it, they say the tie rod ends are seized and they do not want to be held responsible for breaking them.

The car pulls to the right. Not violently, but enough to where you know it has to be wearing tires out prematurely.

Other than that car is fine. No vibrations or weird noises. Had it up to highway speeds.

Here's my question to you guys- since i am not going to get into an argument with the guys at the alignment shop.

Since i did not even touch the tie rods during this repair, they are not bent, and the car was tracking 100% straight before, shouldn't the tie rod not be the issue?

Shouldn't the issue be the guide rod being way off from where it was before? Because it is.

When i was installing the guide rod into the LCA, i had the guide rod set to the exact number of threads as the original bent one. Well, with it set to that, the guide rod was too far forward in it's slot on the LCA. So i backed down on the guide rod to make it fit in the LCA. Should i have pulled the LCA forward instead, rather than messing with the guide rod?

I didn't adjust the guide rod back to where it matched the original one, because i figured the alignment shop would do that for me.

Maybe i can get it back to how it was by adjusting the guide rod? That should push the LCA toward the front of the car, correct?