Suspension

[loren]

hi , i noticed a couple of weeks ago someone had mentioned where to get rack and rod ends at the right price i have had a good look but no luck . hopefully someone can help thanks.

[heller44]

Need to find a decently priced supplier of tie rod ends as well.

The ~$150 ea that nissan wants takes a bit of swallowing.

[$weetDreamZ]

How often are you planning on changing your tie rod ends? It you consider how long they last and knowing that they are going to fit perfectly the price Nissan ask probably isn't too bad.

You may be able to get the parts through a place that does steering/suspension/wheel aligning work but I don't know if they would sell just the parts to you. At any rate you should get a wheel alignment after changing the tie rod ends so it may be better to get the wheel alignment shop to install them as well.

Btw, Nissan dealer charged me $120-$130 per tie rod end.

[heller44]

From memory it was $152 per tie rod end. Considering the set that I put into the ute last were about $40 for the pair, paying $302 seems just a tad excessive.

[dwayne293]

I got tie rod ends the other week through pedders for my 32 gtst

havent got the part number on me now but go to the pedders website and have a dig around, you can view all components for skylines on the site.

i think the part number was PTE+014

I got them for $34 each

Hope that helps a bit

Cheers

Dwayne

[Syphon]

You get what you pay for when it comes to tie rod ends. You can see the difference in quality when you put aftermarket up along side an original nissan item.

Where abouts are you located? PM if in Melbourne as I can source genuine at a much better price than $150 each

[gts4diehard]

I did mine a couple of years ago, got the bits from NIssan Moorooka in Brisi. The tierod were $75 each - these are pressed into the hubs. The rack ends (with the balljoint) that connect to the tierod ends were about $110 each.

The rear steering doesn't have a conventional tierod i.e. the rotating joint is attached to the hub. I don't think you will need to replace the tierod ends, maybe the rackends and the tierods.

Edited March 8, 2007 by gts4diehard

[dwayne293]

Just an update.......

The tie rod ends/ rack ends i bought from pedders were no good - taper on the bolt wasn't wide enough so they didn't even take up the slack in the knuckle, causing a lot of headache. I am now chasing the genuine Nissan part number for left and right rack ends if anybody can assist....

[STATUS]

Just an update.......

The tie rod ends/ rack ends i bought from pedders were no good - taper on the bolt wasn't wide enough so they didn't even take up the slack in the knuckle, causing a lot of headache. I am now chasing the genuine Nissan part number for left and right rack ends if anybody can assist....

edit: thought you were chasing tie rods not ends sorry.

pls delete

Edited March 19, 2007 by URAS