While bending the pitman could help that is not correcting the root problem. What angle is the column at where it goes to the gear box? If that is also off the K should come out and be corrected.
maybe silly questions or maybe not.
1. I noticed the car is on a drive on lift +++++
2. Have you verified the lift is level. Bubble levels are nice but digital ones are readily available, inexpensive and much more accurate. Once you know the lift is level or how far off level it is, you can then proceed to step 3
3. One can assume but I would also verify that the car is level to the lift. If it is not something under the tire or a bottle jack along with the digital level reading obtained in step 2 will assure you are spot on.
4. # 2 & 3 have to be known and or corrected before identifying the problem.
5. Recheck your tie rod and oil pan
6. Before bending (band-aiding IMO) anything
and idler arm are matched for the application. I
7. If they are matched be aware that bending either will affect the steering linkage geometry
