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Can’t tell if you’re serious or being sarcastic lol
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Redid my tie rods, pitman arm, idler arm+bracket w/ moog parts

The ball joints were super tight as in: Resistance to rotating in the cup. Lost my return to center from 9-3 o clock. Too much drag from the things. It improved a bit when I stepped to a proper high moly chassis grease, but it still took 20k miles or so to wear in such that the components would turn with the appropriate amount of force.

Made it kind of a PITA to drive on the freeway cause I'd have to apply force to the steering wheel, but if I hit a bump, it would cause stuff to move and release the tension from turning the wheel and I'd have a good deal of difficulty going straight particularly in side winds.
 

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Detroit axle had 4.3/5 stars from 60 reviews so I ordered them and they came in today. They looked and felt good so I threw them on, aligned it in my driveway and they feel awesome. They were $35 so we’ll see how long this lasts.

Awesome. How much did you have to adjust for the alignment?
 
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Awesome. How much did you have to adjust for the alignment?
Not too much, I measured the old ones that came off and set the new ones to the same measurement and it was fairly close. I only did it because I need new UCAs, which I will hopefully be able to get in the next few weeks, then I’ll take it to get a proper alignment.
 

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moog tie rods causes steering issues.... I changed my tie rods...last week. now the "feeling " is very different from the one before. Before ( OEM from the factory ) the feeling was a lot more precise. for sure.
The tie rods from moog should be good - but also very very tight. Let see how they last...
 

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moog tie rods causes steering issues.... I changed my tie rods...last week. now the "feeling " is very different from the one before. Before ( OEM from the factory ) the feeling was a lot more precise. for sure.
The tie rods from moog should be good - but also very very tight. Let see how they last...
They'll clearance in proper over the next 15k or so. I suppose it depends largely how much driving you do. More bumps and wheel turning might do it faster. But for me, was about 15k before they got to what I would call free moving without free play, which is what ya want. I found using a proper high moly chassis grease helped greatly compared with a wheel bearing grease which is what I had in the grease gun originally.

Lube mine at every OCI. 30k maybe a bit more on them so far, no signs of abnormal wear. Still nice and tight. I'd love to have an OE to compare with though. Found out after I installed them that moog ***** the taper on some rigs so oe no longer fits so you're stuck continuing to use the aftermarket. Can't really tell if that's the Case bere because I have nothing to test against, but I digress.
 

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moog tie rods causes steering issues.... I changed my tie rods...last week. now the "feeling " is very different from the one before. Before ( OEM from the factory ) the feeling was a lot more precise. for sure.
The tie rods from moog should be good - but also very very tight. Let see how they last...

They'll clearance in proper over the next 15k or so. I suppose it depends largely how much driving you do. More bumps and wheel turning might do it faster. But for me, was about 15k before they got to what I would call free moving without free play, which is what ya want. I found using a proper high moly chassis grease helped greatly compared with a wheel bearing grease which is what I had in the grease gun originally.

Lube mine at every OCI. 30k maybe a bit more on them so far, no signs of abnormal wear. Still nice and tight. I'd love to have an OE to compare with though. Found out after I installed them that moog ***** the taper on some rigs so oe no longer fits so you're stuck continuing to use the aftermarket. Can't really tell if that's the Case bere because I have nothing to test against, but I digress.


Are you guys using Moog’s Problem Solver line, the ES3488 and ES3493T? And if so did you happen to buy them off Amazon?
 

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