Tie rod advice

[RumHam26]

When replacing my lower ball joints this afternoon, i managed to wreck my passenger side outer tie rod. Further, when I disconnected my otre from the lbj, i found that it doesn't hold itself up. Drivers side is fine.

Should I just replace the otre on the passenger side, and leave the inner alone? Or should I replace both inner and outers on both sides? I'd prefer not to replace unnecessary parts... But I have read that if you do inners on one side, you should do the other. Does the fact that my inner does not hold itself up mean its no good/won't align properly? I rarely ever take it off road, but it is my daily driver and I would like reliability on long trip.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[thezentree]

Look at it like this - you'll need to do the other side eventually, and you'll need an alignment anyway after you do the first side, so why not just do both and only pay for one alignment?

 

[repo]

I'd replace both outers and checks the inners. If they are ok then leave them. If you ever get a new Toyota steering rack it will come with new inners. Plus they are a bastard to get off from what I remember. I had to grind down a wrench to fit it on there, probably needs some Toyots SST to do it properly. I replaced the steering boots while I was at it.