Well the original reason I tore them apart was because I took it in for alignment and the mechanic pointed out that they were in rough shape. His primary concern was the bent tie rod on the drivers side however. Due to other projects (house and wedding) it'll have to wait till late July before anything gets done. The good news is I really don't drive the thing all that much so I'm not real concerned about it right now. Thanks for the input guys, you saved me alot of cursing and bloody knuckles.