hi im replacing both inner and outer tie rods, center link bar, idler arms, both lower and upper ball joints, pit man arms. i have moog brand parts on there now but there all shot deff need some replacing i waited to long to fix this and one of the tie rods finally gave out. my question is since i dont have the money for moog parts again i was wondering what decent name brands you guys recommend. thank you

 

Sorry, I personally only use either Moog or TRW steering & suspension parts for OEM replacements. They're too critical for safety to compromise on an unknown brand of part. I'm sure others will disagree and chime in with Ebay & Chinese clone parts reccomendations.

Bob

 

I run duralast from autozone and have never had a problem

 

I agree with bobman, there are some things you don;t cheap out on and steering is one of them

 

I replaced all mine with moog brand from Advance auto parts.

 

It will be either Moog or factory parts if it is my own car. There are parts that offers lifetime waranty in ur local part stores, but they are so crappy you have to constantly replacing them.

 

I've had good luck with Moog. But earlier this year I needed a sway bar link for my Intrepid and had to settle for one by Master Pro Chassis. What a P.O.S. I was really disappointed with it, especially where the grease boot fit up to the body of the joint. Looks like it won't hold the grease well, and like the boot will easily come off.

 

Now I know MOOG has a good name here but I really don't think they are all that better.

I run Duralast as well and they hold up actually quite good. I always buy the lifetime warranty ones and figure if they ever get loose then I will just take em back and get new ones. Now in my honest opinion, I don't thin the Durango was ever designed with a great front end, in fact I think they really could have assessed a few things for that matter, but with that said, any of the front end components are not going to hold up for ever either way, but I like the fact of taking them back for new parts without having to order and pay for new parts.