Worn tie rod ends can cause rapid tire wear and steering instability. The smallest amount of wear will cause excessive steering wheel play. Standard replacement steering tie rod ends for the Mini and a few other steering racks. These tie rods fit racks with 7/16" UNF threads.

Use these on a Mini when using longer bottom arms to get negative camber. You don't want to run out of threads!
To check for wear, just jack up your car and grab the wheel on either side as if to attempt to steer the car. If the wheel rocks in and out as you attempt to make small quick steering direction changes, the rod ends are probably bad. If you look at the back of the wheel while a friend does this rocking motion you can typically see the bad rod end in action. These tie rods fit racks with 7/16" UNF threads which includes MG Midgets after 1972.

Worn tie rod ends can cause rapid tire wear and steering instability. The smallest amount of wear will cause excessive steering wheel play. Standard replacement rod ends for the Mini and many other steering rack.