needing good quality ball joints and steering rack

im replacing my rack and pinion on my o4 also new tie rod ends and ball joints on both sides any suggestions on brands and where to buy im lookin at detroit axle for the rack ... ive brocken to many cheap ball joints from autozone and need something that will last

 

Steer clear of MOOG ball joints, they are not the quality that MOOG used to be. A friend put them on his Dodge and couldn't get the truck to drive right, ended up pulling them back off and going with another mfg and had no further problems. He was buying front frame braces, getting it re-aligned, nothing would resolve it.

 

Happy to see your interest!

Our Rack and Pinion's are rebuilt in one of our two Michigan facilities and we own the facility where our Tie Rods are produced in China. We only continue relationships with companies that show us good quality. We want our parts to last so that you recommend us when know someone needing parts and look at us first the next time you need something. We don't want our parts to go off to the great scrap heap in the sky.

If you have any questions, I'm following this thread and will be happy to help!

 

thanks im new to forums i posted one on the first gen page

 

Looks like Detroit Axle is an affordable solution for the rack and pinion - did you end up installing this? Has it been pretty reliable so far? I'm trying to determine how they compare to O'Reilleys.

 

If you have stock upper control arms, i'd get stock Toyota ball joints, if thats an option.