Thread: Tie rod ends, who makes the best ones ?

I'd say the genuine ones are best. I just had a look as I have a few in the garage to see who makes them but I cant see it anywhere. They are made in the UK tho. (says on the bag)

Rgds
Pete

TRW hasn't made them in years.I worked there for 7 years and once they went to making only automotive parts they went downhill.Buy genuine. Pat

Originally Posted by rick130

TRW ?
OE (I'm guessing they are TRW ??)
Anyone else ?

Lemforder are a pretty good brand arn't they? These are the ones I stuck on the 110 last year.



Jon

^^^^^

Definately NOT roadsafe

EDIT, roadsafe the brand, As in Roadsafe aren't roadsafe!

Cheers.

Looks like the ZF Lemforder ones could be the OE ones ?



http://webcat.sachs.de/index.asp?SPr...GE=nc2_pdf.asp

Anyway, made by ZF in Europe should be OK.

In the heyday of Jaguars the biggest selling items was front suspension ball joints and tie rod ends. The originals were greasable. Then Jaguar changed both the ball joints and tie rods ends to Lemforder which are a sealed unit. The sales after a few years were non existant, the Lemforder ones would just not wear out.
From my experience Lemforder are the best quality and not that expensive.

Alan

My experience is that non-greasable tie rod ends last until the boot is damaged - for example one of the protected ones on my 2a is, I suspect (from the number of layers of khaki paint) the original. I have never known a Landrover tie rod end to fail with the boot intact, but I suppose some must. So the quality of the rubber is probably the most important thing!

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

My experience is that non-greasable tie rod ends last until the boot is damaged - for example one of the protected ones on my 2a is, I suspect (from the number of layers of khaki paint) the original. I have never known a Landrover tie rod end to fail with the boot intact, but I suppose some must. So the quality of the rubber is probably the most important thing!

John

I've had BRAND NEW, roadsafe tie rod ends, with boots intact gain 2-3mm slop within 4,oookays, never again