Tie Rod breakage/noise

Actually, I’m not second guessing the shop. They’ve fixed things for us in small, less expensive ways in the past that other shops wanted to charge hundreds to replace larger components. I was just wondering if there is some noise that would alert someone to a damaged or worn tie rod that I was just confusing with a brake squeal. That noise was only discernable while driving in narrow streets in the city, where there were buildings on each side of the road and not heard in the burbs or during country driving.