Its about time to do something with the steering. After 120K miles and boosted 4wd launches, I figure its only a matter of time b4 something goes. My question is are the HD tie rods (like from fab-tech or cognito) good? If not I will probably just geet sleeves, but I figured I would be better getting the whole thing and replace the old joints.

I vote for sleeves, you should have done a poll for this.

I'd do the sleeves if the tie rods are still in good shape.

I would do the SD sleeves.
mike

Where can you buy the SD tie rod sleeves?? Any place online??

thanks---Ben

www.superdieselperformance.com

What benefit do the sleeves provide to the every day driver?

Keeps you from bending tierods, like from hitting a big pothole or ruts off the side of the road.

Meant more for drag racing, pulling & offroading. Alittle added insurance from getting stuck on the side of the road.

Would the HD Tie rods Work just as good 4 boosetd launches tho? Im just thinkin back on my old truck the tie-rod joints went to crap after about two months of having a lift on it. The sleeves would do nothing for that. I believe the cognito rods have Heim Joints. Any thoughts????

You said your sock have held up so far for 120K, so if you don't add any more power I see no reason to not just go with the sleeves.

Fix or patch. I just put on a set of Bullet Proof tie rods. Expensive, well built and tough. This is a fix. I'm running 37's with a 6" lift on a Dmax/Alli. It does serious off-road. Damaged three tie rods in less than 24K miles. Stock crap won't take the stress.

Thats why I have a set of sleeve's on the way,I wanna play just dont want to be stranded.. I would go with the sleeve's.