It's not all that hard to tell if they are worn.
Jack the car up and shake the tire. Movement fron 3 to 9 o'clock usually
means bad tie rods.
To tell which one, use the 1st & 2nd finger of the same hand, and put one
finger on one side of the bot of the suspected outer rod end, and the other
finger on the other side. Shake the tire and you will feel movement &
clicking if that joint is bad. For the inner touch the rod itself and the
surrounding car bodywork.
The outer ones seem to typically go first. I'd replace them in pairs if one
is bad.
Lee
----- Original Message -----
From: <TBailSHO@aol.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:15 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Tie rods
> While fooling with my brakes I couldn't help but notice that the outer tie
> rod ends on my 91' are showing their age. The car has 95 k and the parts
> are
> original. I tried to determine if the inner ends are worn as well, but
> couldn't really tell anything with the outers connected. Should I just
> plan on
> replacing both the inners and outers based on their age, or is there a way
> to
> determine the condition of the inner ends? Thanks for your responses.
>
> Tom Bailey
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