Left vs Right steering knuckle/tie rod joint areas at different angles?

title says it all. I noticed this today while I was preparing to clean my truck, it cant be bent because the truck has less than 2k miles on it and ive only done trail rides with it at most. Is it normal for the left and the right steering knuckles to be at a different angle where the tie rod meets it?

 

dont i need like 10,000 psi or something.

 

I cant find any photos of stock 3rd gen Tacoma front IFS suspension on the internet to compare.

 

I wonder what was the design consideration to make them at different angles

 

None of it, and vehicle tracks straight for the most part. The passenger side definitely looks angled "up" more than the drivers side however.

 

alright ive done some critical thinking: the knuckles themselves do not appear to be bent out of shape but the overall appearance of it looks like it because the tie rod ends have turned into the direction of the lock nut/jam nut when they were tightened down on the tie rod assy.

 

Ball joints doing ball joint things?

 

The tie rods freely (relatively freely) rotate within the constraints of the ball joint. If it really bugs you just rotate the entire rod by hand or a crescent wrench if it’s a little stiff.

You’re way overthinking this. Spend less time trying to find problems with your truck and more time enjoying it

 

they all move...

 

Just reach in there and twist the silver nut lookin thing. You'll understand what everyone is talking about