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I am changing the outer tie rod ends on a larger car (Ford Five Hundred) as preventative maintenance (a daughter will be using the car at college - car has 150K miles).
After disconnecting the outer tie rods, I noticed that the inner tie rod immediately flops / drops down, with no resistance at all. Otherwise, there is NO noticable play in the inner tie rod. I've seen comments on the Internet that if the inner tie rod flops it should be changed... Is that true? Am I ok to leave it as is?
After disconnecting the outer tie rods, I noticed that the inner tie rod immediately flops / drops down, with no resistance at all. Otherwise, there is NO noticable play in the inner tie rod. I've seen comments on the Internet that if the inner tie rod flops it should be changed... Is that true? Am I ok to leave it as is?