Tie rod Help needed

[Wildlandmorgan93]

To all my desert runners and trail mobbers, I need beefed up tie rod recs as mine are beginning to fail after running 3.5 kings lift/level and 33in bfg a/t ko2.

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[trmkars]

Curious - what are the signs of "beginning" to fail? Do you have extended length Kings up front? Also which upper control arms are you running?


(I have same setup - now at 110K miles)

 

[Wildlandmorgan93]

Curious - what are the signs of "beginning" to fail? Do you have extended length Kings up front? Also which upper control arms are you running?


(I have same setup - now at 110K miles)

Running a set of camburg racing billet UCAs. Kings 2.5 mid-travel length coilovers. The tie rods are starting to moan, groan, and clunk at lock. Wheel becomes sloppy yet extra sensitive at speed. Though that could be because my bfg all terrain ko2 had given way to tiger pawing on the inner side that that are so far out of balance.

 

[trmkars]

hmm yeah - tires could be a concern. I wasn't sure if I was missing some other way of checking them for issues.

I have been replacing items based upon miles driven/abused. Tie rods have been on my list, but thus far they seem tight and don't make any noise (as far as I can tell).

Two weekends ago I went to Pioche, NV. I was just past Vegas on the highway when "Steering assist fault service required" appeared on my dash. I was able to finish the trip and get back home, but since then everything steering is on my mind.

I didn't have any plans to replace the rack and hope I still do not need to replace it. I do however want to replace tire rods (both inner and outer). I might stay with Ford OE.

A few years ago we seemed to have more options for these 5gen Rangers, but now far less.

I do see these from SVC Offroad:

https://svcoffroad.com/collections/...vc-offroad-2019-ford-ranger-steering-tie-rods

 

[trmkars]

I didn't think RPG was still selling 19+ Ranger parts, but here we go:

https://rpgoffroad.com/product/1-2-steering-tie-rod-kit-2/

 

[Grandaccess]

my right side failed at 45k the Dealer wanted $630 to put a new one in I had it done at Big-E-Tires for $289

 

[Colo_Ranger]

I have not found any upgrades that are not insanely expensive. Plus, I would rather my tie rod fail than a part farther in the line. That being said, I ordered the Moog from Rock Auto for $40 total. They are grease-able and a buddy has them and likes them. I will report back when I get them installed on Tuesday.

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