inner tire needs replacing??

[gcorolla99]

Hi,

My mechanic jacked up the car today and shook the front two wheels by putting the hands at 9 and 3 o'clock and the wheel moves when it push with one hand and pull with the other. He says the inner tire should be replaced, parts and labor for $170. He said that if it doesn't get replaced, the tire will wear out faster.

He was pointing to the rod looking thing. (he has an accent) so I don't know if he really ment "inner tire." I googled and it seems the inner tire is part of the tire and not the rod looking thing.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

This is for the corolla 99, and has about 120,000 miles.

Thanks.

[Buurin]

I'm thinking inner tie rod. Accent aside, that's probably a good call.

[RoachRolla]

yep, probably what he meant

[mr1114]

And its correct that if not replaced, it will wear out the tire faster. The tie rod is also a part that gets adjusted when doing an alignment, so an alignment is required after replacement.

Easy part to replace at home with some mechanical ability and an inner tie rod tool.

[gcorolla99]

Thank you all.