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It's not a hard job to do yourself.

With the van jacked up & safely blocked:
- Remove the wheel.
- Locate the rod-end pin where it attaches to the steering knuckle and pull out the cotter pin on the castle nut.
- Undo the castle nut. If it spins on the threads then you'll have to cut it off with a hacksaw (or torch if you have one) since there's no way to hold onto the assembly while you try to loosen the nut.
- Once the nut is off, tap on the threads of the pin with a hammer until the rod-end pops out of the steering knuckle. If you had to cut the nut off then you may need a bolt or something similar to knock the rod-end out of the knuckle.
- DON'T SKIP THIS PART... Loosen the nut on the steering shaft but DON'T unscrew the rod-end yet. Now mark the location of the old rod-end on the threads of the steering shaft using a pencil or marker. (Installing the new tie-rod end and locking it at the same location on the threaded steering shaft will retain the same wheel alignment that you had before.)
- Remove the old rod-end by unscrewing it off the threaded steering shaft.
- Thread the new rod-end assembly onto the threaded steering shaft to the mark that you made on the threads (same location as the old one). Don't tighten the nut yet.
- Insert the swivel pin into the steering knuckle and thread the nut onto it. Tighten the nut until it starts feeling snug and the pin is no longer pulling through the knuckle.
- Insert the new cotter pin. You may need to turn the castle nut a few degrees either way to align the hole in the pin with the slots on the nut. Split the pin so it can't fall out.
- Now tighten the nut on the other end of the assembly at the threaded steering shaft.

Put the wheel back on, lower the van and do the other side.

I felt comfortable with the alignment after I did my vehicle but it's probably a good idea to have it checked/ aligned just so you don't start eating tires and putting undue stress on the front-end parts.

I think I paid $65 each for the new tie-rod ends from Auto Parts Source here in the Greater Toronto area and it took less than an hour to do each side. A good Saturday morning task... a little gratification and a thicker wallet.