Originally Posted by firewood truck

My personal advice is to AVOID autozone/checker/chucks/ Pep Boys type of parts stores, they suspension parts they sell are complete junk. They are sold to make a price point, not a quality point. I used MOOG on my truck, as well as any other domestic vehicle that I work on. The parts come in a bright blue and yellow box. I had a clerk at a chain store try to sell me their private label brand of junk, claiming it was made by Moog and it was the same part, which was a complete lie.

I actually had the drag link for my F350 in the back of the truck when I was fed this line of crap, I told the clerk to pull his part and I'll go grab mine. When I compared their junk part to the MOOG part, even they had to admit that there was no comparison.

Rockauto.com is a great source for MOOG, as is a commercial auto parts supplier. Ask around the local garages to find out where the commercial parts store is located, most of them do not advertise to the public.

As for your question about why I replaced my parts, it's because they were worn out. I could grab a tie rod end and pull it in and out with my hands.

Originally Posted by bigpapa1987

not sure where you are located at and it sounds like you are not a fan of auto part stores but if you look up advance auto parts witch i work at we carry moog parts that are from moog in the blue and yellow box . and if you come instore we will price match

Originally Posted by 94BigRed

.... I think the bar you're looking at thats bent is the tie rod. Its the piece that goes from wheel knuckle to knuckle. It probably needs to not be bent....
Good luck!

Originally Posted by terryknight

... the bottom one is the tierod and should be straight. ...