Best brand of tie rods

[Lit549]

Anyone have some insight to what the best brand of tie rods to use?Its a 05 tahoe 2wd with 3" djm lowers.Im about to install djm uppers also.Any help would be great

 

[Bombsquad85]

They are probably all the same but I just put in moog problem solvers today. Inners and outers and they look pretty strong. Definitely nicer than the ones I took off the truck

 

[HiHoeSilver]

X2 on moog. If you use AC Delco, make sure they are OE or at least Professional line. If you wanna drop some coin look at cognito.

 

[swathdiver]

Stock tie rods are 1/2" in diameter and MOOG and other are much thicker. The ones on my truck are 5/8" in diameter.

 

[Lit549]

Cool,guess moog it is!I've always used moog but the ac delco professional grade were the othere I was considering.Thanks

 

[swathdiver]

I was going to add tie rod sleeves to mine to get them up to 1" thickness but when I went to double check that they were OE, found out they were not! Don't know what they are either.

 

[SnowDrifter]

Used moog on mine. Wasn't really happy with them

They come from the factory really ******* tight - to the point where it was obstructing my return to center. 15k miles later and they're just starting to break in, so to speak. Got a bit better after using moly grease but still, it's rather annoying. You'll get all sorts of oddities with them

 

[Sasquatch]

I got sick of tie rods wearing out every few years so i went with rare parts tie rod ends, They`re more expensive but well worth it and are huge compared to oem moog or most junk out there. I`ve had them for about three years and they`re as tight as the day i installed them.

http://rareparts.com/gm-steering

 

[swathdiver]

I got sick of tie rods wearing out every few years so i went with rare parts tie rod ends, They`re more expensive but well worth it and are huge compared to oem moog or most junk out there. I`ve had them for about three years and they`re as tight as the day i installed them.

http://rareparts.com/gm-steering

Nice, you can do 4WD launches at the race track without fear of bending those babies!

 

[HiHoeSilver]

I got sick of tie rods wearing out every few years so i went with rare parts tie rod ends, They`re more expensive but well worth it and are huge compared to oem moog or most junk out there. I`ve had them for about three years and they`re as tight as the day i installed them.

http://rareparts.com/gm-steering

Says 2001-6 tahoe/Yukon N/A.