does anybody know of any aftermarket tie rods that are better than factory?

 

I'm having issues as well with tie rods on my 05 QC 3500, seems the right side is the weakest of the 2. I looked into Moog, seems they had a run ofbad tie rods/balljoints, at least up here in Canada. I also checked with a couple offroad shops seems theway to go is to change out steering componets with componets from a 99 3500tie rods are stronger then 3rd gen stuff. as for your 01 not sure. look at www.thurenfabrication.com, Moog or Splicer. Some shops around my area are telling me OEM is about as good as Moog or Splicer.