Jack up the front of the van so both wheels are off of the ground.  Grab
the wheel at 3 and 9 position and while you look at the steering rack boot,
try to rock the wheel side to side.  If it is tight then you are good.  If
there is play, see if it is the tie rod outer or the inner one (under the
steering rack boot).  It should be obvious.

Ken

On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 1:45 PM Tom C <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everybody!
>
> How does one know when the inners are warn out on a vanagon? I watched a
> few videos on it, when I hit a bump I definitely feel it in my steering
> wheel. I don’t think mine have ever been changed, I’m at about 235k miles.
> I have urethane bushings all around except the steering rack, haven’t
> changed those old decrepit bushings yet and when I hit about 65 70 my
> steering wheel is vibrating annoyingly. Gonna update to urethane bushing
> for the rack mount and do the inner and outer tie rods while I’m at it and
> install the steering stiffener. Just curious if those are the symptoms of a
> warm inner tie rod? I was ready to change my urethanes back to rubbers but
> I think my issue is in the steering rack now it’s the only thing I haven’t
> updated. Thanks for reading. Peace tom
>