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Old 03-23-2011, 03:04 PM
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My truck has the stock 2001 steering components on it with 18X,XXX miles on it and theyre showing their age. Ive been looking at replacing everything with good moog stuff but I was searching ebaya nd came across this
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Oh yeah I know they will be a ton more expensive. Just for the arms, and inner/outer TREs will be about 500. I know theyre knock offs but **** if they are decent quality Id be happy with them since I maybe put 2000 miles a year on my truck so if they lasted me 20-30K that would be more than enough. Its just been hard for me to justify spending that kind of money on a truck I never drive.
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Those are autozone part numbers. I hate going cheap on brakes/suspension, it always comes back and bites ya.
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I generally do to but for the savings and the small amount I actually use my truck it seems like a good deal. Id imagine they're good enough to last 20k but then again I don't want to put my family at risk if they're known crappy parts. I won't skimpy at all on brakes but a worn arm or TRE isn't going to hurt anything just make it **** to drive.
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Even if it's Autozone brand still
Cheap.. I know the tie rod number are Autozone... But the other one that start with a K are not
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Good point. They probably just put some name brand part numbers on there to classy it up lol.
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i have a new Moog Pitman arm I never ended up installing. I can send it your way if interested. I cant get to it until I go back home in a couple weeks.
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I have all autozone parts for suspension.. Lifetime warranty FTW!
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I need to figure out what splin my pitman arm has. Anyway to tell for sure without pulling the damn thing?
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You check rock auto? I got all moog for those steering parts and I don't think I paid that much. I have a 5% coupon I can pm you the code for.


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