@987654 34567890 The Outer Tie Rod is connected to the Inner Tie Rod and the steering Knuckle assembly bit you only need the Tie Rod unless the other parts are damaged
If you start feeling a knocking for clunking sound in the front end, It could be your tie rod end. It could also be a ball joint. It could also be the bearing. The test is to jack up your wheel grab the left and right sides of the wheel like you're at 3:00 and 9:00. And try to move the wheel back and forth. Leave the other wheel on the ground so only that wheel could move. If you get some play in it it's not going to move a lot but if there's play the tie rod end is bad. If you grab it at 12:00 and 6:00 and move it back and forward and you get play it's a ball joint. I found the best way to test for the ball joint is get a long breaker bar or pry bar Jack the car up just enough so you can slide it under it and then lift up and down on it and if you get play in that direction it's the ball joint.
Gunna be replacing mine here in the next couple days. Thanks for the informative video.
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what do you call the other end part, where you connected the tie rod to?
and is it sold separately or you need to buy the entire part?
@987654 34567890 The Outer Tie Rod is connected to the Inner Tie Rod and the steering Knuckle assembly bit you only need the Tie Rod unless the other parts are damaged
Good video. What year is the Highlander? And why did you decide to change the tie rod?
@Tim Murphy 2008 and I took it for a wheel alignment and, they told me it was seized. However when I checked it it was good but I changed them anyways
If you start feeling a knocking for clunking sound in the front end, It could be your tie rod end. It could also be a ball joint. It could also be the bearing. The test is to jack up your wheel grab the left and right sides of the wheel like you're at 3:00 and 9:00. And try to move the wheel back and forth. Leave the other wheel on the ground so only that wheel could move. If you get some play in it it's not going to move a lot but if there's play the tie rod end is bad. If you grab it at 12:00 and 6:00 and move it back and forward and you get play it's a ball joint. I found the best way to test for the ball joint is get a long breaker bar or pry bar Jack the car up just enough so you can slide it under it and then lift up and down on it and if you get play in that direction it's the ball joint.