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I would check underneath the car to see if the parts that he supposedly replaced looked like they were new or not. It seems very suspicious that if he worked on the car, driving it into the shop, and test driving it after the work was done he should have known it had power steering. I looked back at your previous post and pictures and it was inner tie rod boots that were torn in that picture. If the steering is still tight I wouldn't replace the tie rods right now. You could always jack the car up yourself and try to wiggle the tie rods to see if they have any play or not. Be sure to block up the car with jack stands or something before getting under it though. I have had CV boots tear before and be torn for a long time before I would know it and just put more grease on the joint and replace the boot and have never had any trouble with the CV joints going out. If he replaced an axle the car would most likely have needed realigning. If I could verify that he had replaced what I told him to replace and he was going to do the other work free of labor I would probably let him replace the boots, but if he came up telling me that other parts needed replacing I would take it to a mechanic I trusted and have them check it out before letting him do any other work. If you let him do the work get an estimate from him stating free labor. It certainly sounds like he is trying to work with you on the mistake. It does seem unlikely that he wouldn't notice the other torn boots and at least have mentioned them to you. Good luck.
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