[roGERK]

Well, unless your alignment shop is many many miles away, I'd do it by eye;

1) Make sure your steering wheel is straight and true (spokes in horizontal position).

2) Make sure your wheels look straight and true.

3) Check your brakes, in case you disturbed them while replacing the tie-rods - unlikely but better safe than sorry!

4) Drive car slowly and carefully to the alignment shop.

Unless you are well out, there really shouldn't be anything too dangerous about driving a short distance carefully.

- roGER