I have just a very slight amount of play in my inner tie rods. They're original and have 345,000 km on them. It's enough that if you grab the tie rod, you can make it "click" very quietly by pushing and pulling on it (with the outer tie rod disconnected from the knuckle). But the amount of play is very small, like the thickness of a sheet of paper.
Now, are these starting to wear out and with the play in them, will be in pretty bad in a few more miles? Or, are they not that bad and probably wont get much worse for a while? If they're decent enough, maybe I'll just run them, but if they're in the last stages of life, it's worth changing them before I get an alignment anyway. It's a PITA so I'm looking for a reason to leave them alone.
Now, are these starting to wear out and with the play in them, will be in pretty bad in a few more miles? Or, are they not that bad and probably wont get much worse for a while? If they're decent enough, maybe I'll just run them, but if they're in the last stages of life, it's worth changing them before I get an alignment anyway. It's a PITA so I'm looking for a reason to leave them alone.