My car has been unstable and after changing my control arms, struts, bearings, and cv axle the only thing left is the tie rods....after inspecting my tires they indeed feel lose when moved from left to right and i check the inner and outer tie rod and they seem to move with the tire ...so ive decided to get that fix i just need some help picking a good brand and quality ..maybe something close to the original thanks in advance

car is a 2000 nissan maxima gle automatic

 

OEM or Beck/Arnley

 

any idea where i could get the oem??

 

Dealership.

 

For OEM:
dealership
nissanpartszone.com
courtesyparts.com

For other brandslike Moog, Beck Arnley, etc:
rockauto.com

 

This and This, my work is done here , you should get your steering rack, u joint and column coupler checked, I've had horrible steering for about 3 yrs and I've changed my inner and outer rods 3 times, even the my rack is leaking, I'm trying to hold off as much as I can on replacement,

 

I HOPE ITS NOT THE STEERING RACK I JUST LOOKED AT THE PRICE AND THE WORK IS VERY DIFFICULT .... FROM YOUR EXPERINCE WITH A BAD RACK WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS ...IS THE STEERING WHEEL HARD TO TURN? IS THERE VIBRATION FROM THE CAR? DOES THE RACK AFFECT OTHER PARTS BESIDE THE TIE ROD?

 

Get moog tie rods. Worth the price they look diesel compared to oem

 

I have vibration, looseness and jerky wheel, I have control arms on the way, brand new strut assemblies installed, thing is I ran something over on the hwy about 3 years ago with the right side of the car, pitch black couldn't see it, bent a wheel and steering jerked real bad, so I'm sure I might need to replace all 3 of those parts mentioned. DONT GET MOOG, they are garbage quality now unfortunately..

 

Damn thats crazy i also have the same problem
so far i replace almost all of the suspension
the tie rods are the final piece..hopefully that is the cause of my vibration and loose steering wheel

make sure u check ur wheel bearings too. i just recently got them replaced.

 

Moog or Beck/Arnley which one is better??

 

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I used Moog

 

was it the regreasable one?
and how was ur experience with them?

 

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Winter driven car..... RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST

Bit beefier than the OEM stuff. And yes grease ones

I'm tempted to swap the lower control arms but this isn't something I want to do alone but too poor to pay someone *dilemma*

 

MOOG. Much stringer than OEM.

 

Why do people insist on creating suspension threads when there is already a long running thread for just that topic?

 

Because noob.

Why do you ask questions we all knew the answer to?

 

 

You haven't earned the right to nutkick anyone george.

 

 

 

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