1994 Chevy Lumina Difficult to steer car

1994 CHEVROLET LUMINA
135,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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AKPHELPS
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We've been pretty much told the car needs work on the tie rods. Unfortunately, what we were told was vague: just that they needed to be worked on. Doing some research, I know something could be wrong with any of the following: the inner/outer tie rods, tie rod ends, ball and socket, etc. We don't know which it is, though.
Here are the symptoms of the car: The *EDIT* steering wheel *EDIT* turns to the right easily, but the car struggles to turn right, ending up turning very, very wide. I do have a jack and will soon have some jack stands, I want to put it up, take off the tires, and figure out specifically what is wrong before I start getting quotes on repairs. Any thoughts?

EDIT: I changed the wording so it'd make a little more sense.
Jun 30, 2008 at 6:19 PM
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MASTERTECHTIM
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id suspect steering rack unless you have something completely frozen
Jun 30, 2008 at 7:38 PM
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[quote:e90afd3ac0="mastertechtim"]id suspect steering rack unless you have something completely frozen[/quote:e90afd3ac0]

Thanks Tim, I re-worded my post a bit, advice still relevant?
Jun 30, 2008 at 7:47 PM
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