I need to rebuild the steering on my truck and was wanting opinions on brand of tie rods ,pitman and idler arms, ball joints etc
Thanks in advance for the advice
Thanks in advance for the advice
Front end rebuild
- Thread starter DIESELJUNKIE
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i really like the ultimate steering package from dmaxstore.com, its like $1400, but its all pretty heavy duty. It comes with tie rods, pitman and idler arms, pitman and idler arm supports and a solid center link.
Ill check into that thanks for the info. Is there any tricks to changing these parts I'm pretty mechanically inclined just never done this before
Did pitman, idler, idler support, 4 ball joints, 4 tie rod ends, upper & lower control arm bushings & new Timken hubs.
Took it apart Saturday and finished yesterday.
Greased the new parts today and got an alignment.
Hubs from Dmax store - lifetime warranty.
XRP tie rods - million mile warranty (got 'em from a forum member).
Everything else from Rock Auto (Moog Problem Solver line).
Buy the complete Moog uca with ball joint & bushings pre-installed. You'll be glad - cheaper than the individual parts.
Put new lower bushings in the freezer overnight (if you need to do them - my old ones looked new
).
Goodgle all the DIY's and watch every Youtube video.
Took it apart Saturday and finished yesterday.
Greased the new parts today and got an alignment.
Hubs from Dmax store - lifetime warranty.
XRP tie rods - million mile warranty (got 'em from a forum member).
Everything else from Rock Auto (Moog Problem Solver line).
Buy the complete Moog uca with ball joint & bushings pre-installed. You'll be glad - cheaper than the individual parts.
Put new lower bushings in the freezer overnight (if you need to do them - my old ones looked new
).Goodgle all the DIY's and watch every Youtube video.
I got cognito uca's, cognito braces, moog lower ball joints, oem pitman and idler arms with oem idler support, rare parts hd tie rods, and bilstien shocks all around.
did it all about 3 weeks ago.
i have been hearing/reading about moog arm snapping so i went with oem for the pitman and idler arms. added braces at the same time. ball joints i went with moog. and since i was taking everything apart i replaced my uca's with cognito's.
the only thing that was bad was my pitman/idler arms and drivers side lower ball joint but i did not want to take everything apart again so i did it all.
did it all about 3 weeks ago.
i have been hearing/reading about moog arm snapping so i went with oem for the pitman and idler arms. added braces at the same time. ball joints i went with moog. and since i was taking everything apart i replaced my uca's with cognito's.
the only thing that was bad was my pitman/idler arms and drivers side lower ball joint but i did not want to take everything apart again so i did it all.
^^^ Yeah, Mike - same here. Once is enough.
I'm not sure on where to buy the XRF parts (http://www.xrfchassis.com/parts-tierod.htm). They were with a set of tie-rod sleeves from a forum member here. The price was right and their reputation is excellent.
I'd go to the Dmax store for any of their suspension or steering components. Decent pricing and excellent lifetime warranty.
I'm not sure on where to buy the XRF parts (http://www.xrfchassis.com/parts-tierod.htm). They were with a set of tie-rod sleeves from a forum member here. The price was right and their reputation is excellent.
I'd go to the Dmax store for any of their suspension or steering components. Decent pricing and excellent lifetime warranty.
Thanks for the info. Sorry its taken so long to post anything but life got in the way. Anyway I ended up with oem pitman and idler arms, supersteer tie rods and napa balljoints
Can't tell how you have that set up.I always have to cut them off with a metabo.It a royal pain that's for sure.
X2! The pitman arm's that I have did, I had to cut a slot in the arm with a cut-off wheel and than it would come off with a puller. PITA!
The last pitman arm I did I cut off but the one before that I took the steering shaft off and removed the bottom two steering box bolts and loosened the top one. I was able to rotate the box down to then get the puller on it
That sounds like a powersteering fluid mess.I can cut threw it with a metabo in less then a couple mins just nicks the splines sometimes.
I take the 3 box bolts out and swing it to the side. Takes less than a minute to loosen it up and swing it over, then you can get the puller on it straight and pop it off. No need to take the lines or steering shaft loose when doing this.