Which ball joints and rod ends

[mocwon]

Does anyone have experience with Perfect Circle brand ball joints and tie rod ends? They are a heck of a lot less expensive than TRW and McQuay-Norris and for that reason I am afraid they are much cheaper in quality and not nearly as good.

[COBALT]

I'm a Moog guy all the way. If you're running 3/4 ton like me then cheaper is NOT better. Just my opinion.

[BubbaGreen]

Here is my opinion....
I favor MOOG as well. When I went looking for front end parts.
I found that the MOOG parts are made with all metal components.
Some of the less expensive parts have nylon inside of them. Only
good for a few thousand miles. IE, take the tie rods ends for
example, push the threaded part all the way to one side and look
down inside the pivot joint, the MOOG parts are all Metal. The
cheaper parts have nylon inserts down in there. As much trouble
as it is to replace the upper and lower ball joints, Go with the
best parts you can find....cheap tierods mean tire wear and lots
of alignments. Idler and pitman arms....equate to loose steering
when these wear. I have all the moog p/n's available for a '71 2wd
with p/s. Could have saved 50.00 or so, getting the parts from
summit, but i went to my local parts dealer, just incase something
didnt fit.

[mocwon]

Thanks for the help...Moog it is