I had my car up today and I was inspecting the suspension to see where the clunk is coming from. As I was looking around, I noticed my passenger side tie rod is not perfectly straight... it looks like it is bent.

Now, my question is... are they supposed to be perfectly straight cylinders? Or did they come with a slight bend in them?

...I realize that this question is probably very obvious and stupid... just wanted to check before I start ordering parts to fix this.

Mike