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Old 02-08-2006, 08:03 AM
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assembly? Tie rod ends replaced 50k miles ago and still in good shape. Car has 110k total miles, more then half of them in CA.
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Default what would you look for? if they are bent, stress cracks in the metal, rust...
the part that bolts to the rack is just a rubber bushing with a metal sleeve, not too much that's going to go wrong there.
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Default if replacement is easy right now then why not replace both of them, saves money in long run
w/ more alignments and labor costs.
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2nd, tie rod ends are like $20 ea.
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Default re-read his thread, he said ends done 50k ago and are in good shape, his question was about...
the assembly
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Default but what goes wrong with the assembly? how many times have you seen or heard these go bad?...
not talking about the ends, just the assembly
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Default i had just replaced a loose tie rod that was preventing me from good alignment
had 169,000 miles on assembly, did them both $100 from Blau so why not?
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the end that bolts to the rack was loose? Oblonged? was the rubber worn out?
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whole assembly is 50
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