Saturday I took my truck (2000 F-350, Superduty, 7.3L, 2 wheel drive) to get new front tires on it and they did a free front end check and said that my tierod ends were VERY bad. So I get home jack up the drivers side tire and wiggle it and what do you know about 1/2" wobble from side-to-side. So I ordered new tierod ends from advanced auto and when I got everything off today they were the wrong ones! I call them up and have them re-check the part #'s and they check out to be the right ones. So I called Autozone and cross-referenced the part #'s and they were the right ones! so we also checked a '99 and '01 and the were all the same. BUT THEY DONT FIT MY TRUCK I guess I will head down to the dealer tommorrow morning and see if I get any luck. The parts I got are too big and the passenger side is quite a bit different than the driver side. Anybody ever run into this problem before?

 

sometimes on a 4x4 the inner tie rod is actually conneted to the steering box. so maybe they looked it up wrong.

go to a real parts store... napa or oem. you may be surprised that then oem may not cost more than aftermarket

 

I went to Carquest to get my tierod. Good quality and price.

 

did they ask you the GVWR??????

 

No they did not ask GVWR. All my dealings with Carquest have been good. Good parts, price and help.

 

no they didnt ask for the GVWR I went to the dealer and wasnt a stock part so they ordered it and it should be in Tuesday, in the mean time I put the old one back on so I could move the truck out of the way and the truck will sit till Tuesday. That means I have to drive my S-10 farm truck to work! UGHH man I'll be roughin' it now. lol

 

they ussually ask for GVW on these trucks.