Tie Rods/Swaybar Endlinks

[SHOpar]

Hello Everyone,

Well it's time once again to replace one of my &*#%!#$ inner tie rods. This will be the FIFTH time I or someone I've hired has had to work on the tie rods on this car in the 3.5 years I've owned it: I replaced the outers when they started making noise about 6 months after buying the car. Then I paid someone to install some cheap inners 6 months later as preventative maintenance. These lasted 6 months, and had to be replaced by another set when I took the car in for an alignment after lowering it. Unfortunately I had blown Koni from the factory that was causing EXCESSIVE wheel hop while on a track day/trip to the Streets of Willow in SoCal that took out one of the inners within two months. That side was replaced 1 year ago, but now the other side's bad!!!

The outer tie rods I bought from Napa 3 years ago were Napa Chassis (more expensive brand) and still seem to be holding up quite well, so I'm debating on using Napa Chassis parts for the inners, too. The ones that are in there right now are Moog EV127 inner tie rods. Even though my outer tie rods and swaybar endlinks are still okay, I'm considering replacing these while I'm in there since it's been a couple years and about 30,000 miles. So my question is, what have all of you had the best luck with regarding these parts? I'm preferably looking for something I can pick up today at the local auto parts store, but I could be swayed into ordering them online if the part is really good and the price is right.

Thanks for any input!

 

[shojuan]

You can try the Ford inners. A redesign was done making the Ford inners more durable than the original design. BUT you'll need to rent the crows foot tie rod toolset to install them. The Moog inner tie rods are almost identical to the original Ford design. I've heard an estimate that if the Moogs are good for about 100,000 miles than the redesigned Fords should be good for 150,000 to 200,000 miles. Right now I've got the Moog inners in mine. You should go with the Moog outers regardless of which inner tie rod you choose.

Also, you'll get better service out of your new suspension/steering components if you replace all the worn out shit at once rather than replacing stuff piecemeal. Worn out suspension/steering components lead to accelerated wear of other suspension/steering components.