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Old 04-02-2007, 10:20 PM
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Default Re: I FUBARED A Fabtech tie rod

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Originally Posted by PhilD
You can wear the inner ball joint on Fabtech tie rods (and stock tie rods for that matter) just by having a bad Pitman or idler arm. If you drive around with bad Pitman/idler arms you will first wear the ball joints on the tie rods, then you'll mess up the steering box. So get your Pitman/idler checked also.

Good call. I replaced them once, after my second trip to Tellico, but I believe some of you guys have replaced them multiple times!!! I'll get them checkd out again when I install the new fabtech TRE.
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