Hi all. How do I check the inner tie rods on my '84 240? Last summer my mechanic said the tie rods/ball joints were shot. This was no suprise to me, the car wanders like a stray dog at a picnic. I had planned on replacing them, as well as front bushings, steering rack boots (torn to shreds)and A-arm bushings. So since there's outer and inner tie rods, is there a way to figure out if it's the outers that cause play on my steering or the inners? Outers are cheap and easy, inners are a bit more change...and that's money I could put into shocks and tires. the car has at least 250,000 miles on it, it had 155,000 when my friend bought it in '92, and it was his daily until he sold it to me ten years later. Also any recomendations in prices? I would much rather invest in things like oem parts and poly bushings for my gt, and even tho the '84 is my daily, i live close to everything and don't put much more than a few hundred miles on it each month. Thanks, and merry Christmas!
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*Jakob Lunden* 1984 242 DL, transitioning from beater to classic, 1979 242 GT improving with age, 1968 Saab 96, impulse purchase