Strength Imbalance Between Left and Right Leg

I’m the same way. When doing heavy squats, I always feel my right side taking over.

Single legged RDLs is a great one. I really like Pistol Squats for single leg quad development, but since you already have weakness you should do them with some type of TRX/suspension trainer.

If you guys are having serious issues, this is called hemiparesis, then you should get checked out. Make sure it isn't a neurological issue.

Hope this helps.

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tearing my Achilles twice

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Ouch. I tore my ACL about 15 years ago. They had to restring it with a piece of my left hamstring. It's still not 100% on par with the other leg.

I have a similar issues. Except the opposite left leg is stronger than my right.

I do alternating single leg leg extensions, single leg, leg press and single leg hip press

ETA: It also prevents me from having to load 6+ plates on each side of the machine for 2 leg work.

Bulgarian split squats and single leg RDL like others have said
Single leg leg press, single leg hamstring curl and knee extension are also good options that come to mind

This is actually a very common issue amongst all of us. One side being stronger than the other. Good training programs for athletes have uni-lateral work programamed for this reason and injury prevention, especially for knees/ACL. I program it in for ALL my clients. Even if it is just a few extra reps of one exercise, you want to address all imbalances. I have always been right side dominant. I corrected this in myself over a year or two of doing some unilateral work, and starting with my weak side first, doing a few extra reps per session on the weak side. I prioritize compound barbell movements, but if that is all you ever did, you will have the stronger side compensating for the other. So its always a good idea to add in say a dumbell movement for legs, arms, chest, back, etc to make each individual side bear the burden.