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Old 11-24-2008, 01:33 PM
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Re: Bad Tie-rod Ends & Ball Joint

did you have a reputable shop do the alignment after all the work you did? If the ball joint (I'm assuming you mean the lower control arm) was bad than the tie rod could have been doing more work than it needed. I found that when I did the job you described on my 2000 windstar, the LCAs on both sides were bad. I replaced them both and then the quickstruts, inner/outer tie rods. I found the motorcraft tie rod ends didn't have a zerc fitting which I wanted so I used monroe. Maybe the Ford stuff isn't good?

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