As far as when you should do this, my advise; if the tie rod ends are bad replace them before you drive the car again. I had a tie rod end break on a dodge car I had and it caused a pretty bad accident. Fortunantly no one was hurt.

 

Were they quoting you for just the brake pads? Or calipers. Usually a sticking caliper would cause the car to drag to one side when brakes are applied.

 

no they qouted me for the brake pads and disc, one of the disc is worn out i guess

 

Well you usually replace them in pairs or one side will have more stopping power than one side.

 

here i have a picture of what i think is the rod end is this the rod end? should i replace both they qouted me for both. this one those look bad to me

 

So i should by both disc for the back?? damn thats lot of money dangit.

 

Yep, that is the outter tie rod end. In the picture, take the cotter pin out at the top (the one going through the nut). Take the castle nut off (the one at the top holding the tie rod in) You can hit it with a hammer to take it out since you are not going to reuse it. The proper way would be to use a pickle fork.

 

so i should change both right?

 

Should is the optimum word. If you are short on cash you can replace onr at a time.

 

yea i'm lol so i'll replace that one first, can this end rod be causing my car to steer to the left, that end rod is from the driver side, and the car moves to the left of the driver side.