How long do tie rods last / Are urethane bushings available?

swurvinervin · 03-11-2005

Does anyone know how many miles the stock tie rod ends are good for? I have around 120,000 on the clock now. I am replacing the steering rack soon and was wondering about tie rod end replacement. Do they make urethane bushings for the tie rod ends also?

GTRaptor · 03-11-2005

Tie rods last probably 80-100k with good roads.
I have replaced mine TWICE but Mexico City streets are crap.

I think it is a good time to replace them.

Tie rods use spherical joints, some will be greasable some not.
Buy greasable tie-rods with urethane "GREASE CAPS", or if lowered try some Bumpsteer tie rod ends from STEEDA.

cmandockdunk · 03-12-2005

when in doubt, replace it. They take like a half hour to install, wont be hard at all. I just got mine from autozone, but im not worried about handling or anything so mabey you should look at better bushings and stuff. my 2 cents

swurvinervin · 03-12-2005

Should I put some bumpsteer tie rods if I was planning on lowering even though it is at stock height now?

shakerhood · 03-12-2005

Autozone and the like dont have the correct tierod ends for 91 - 93, there part number just list 70 - 93 and they are slightly different, get OEMs or Steeda.

GhostDog 5.0 · 03-12-2005

You need to get it aligned aftewards. I would replace all 4 at the same time to avoid having to pay for a costly alignment. Count the # of threads before removing the old one and get your new one as close as possible to get you to the alignment shop.

BadlandsGhost · 03-13-2005

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Originally Posted by GhostDog 5.0

You need to get it aligned aftewards. I would replace all 4 at the same time to avoid having to pay for a costly alignment. .

HUH? LOL

Actually I'm going to be doing the same here shortly, but I was considering just doing the inners, since the outters seem to be in good shape, and all the slop is coming from under the dust boot. If I did just the inners, what is the costly possibility you were refering to? $50 is $50, but if theres some other possibilitly that I dont know about, I might just go ahead snd splurge.<G>

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swurvinervin · 03-15-2005

Do I need anything else besides the inner and outer tie rod ends? Ghostdog, you mentioned something about a costly repair will this stuff I am putting on avoid that?

GhostDog 5.0 · 03-15-2005

If you replace the inner and outer you are covered. I was suggesting doing all 4 incase you replace 2 , get it aligned, and needed to do the other 2 tie rods, so you'd be paying for two alignments .