No firsthand knowledge, but Ford manual says you have to remove the rack to replace inners, not normally a DIY job.
Relacing the ends on a '99 seems premature, what were the symptoms, 'cause it's usually wheel play on the horizontal plane around the vertical axis that indicates worn tie-rod ends?
p.s. I presume "tick" was typo, or else I'm out-of-date with MI slang.
