Originally Posted by Trav
Start with lower QC, holes for cotter pins drilled off center, using pressed on non sealed boots that get damaged from installation and go right through QC.
Finish on the castings are inconsistent some are smooth some have flashing and rough, no matter toss it in a box and sell it.
Odd size zerk fittings that are not suited to the installation eg straight fittings where a 90 is must if you ever want a grease it because the frame rail is blocking access.
You are not buying these at AA or AZ, they are a fine thread and the only place I could get them was Fastenal and special order at that.
These parts were sealed OE but Moog sells a HD version with a unusable zerk fitting included. Back to the boots, these things suck big time, they use a captured metal ring molded in the rubber that is pressed on at the factory, the problem is many are cut, not all the way through mind you but this is where they blow out when greasing after a while.
If you are unlucky enough to get one not pressed properly you have a real problem, it no simple push on. These have to be the worst boots ever used.
I could go on and on but why bother, leave that crap on the shelf.
I'll add one more to your list. A couple of months ago, I saw the instructions/maintenance sheet that came with a Moog tie rod. It said on the sheet that the tie rod needed to be greased every 3,000-5,000 miles.
Seriously, grease it twice every oil change?
This application (a Lincoln Navigator) also had a stamped tin over the tie rod that wouldn't allow the zerk to be greased when installed. I realize some part numbers get used on multiple applications, but it wouldn't have hurt their bottom line if they had included a 90° zerk along with the straight zerk that came with it.
Start with lower QC, holes for cotter pins drilled off center, using pressed on non sealed boots that get damaged from installation and go right through QC.
Finish on the castings are inconsistent some are smooth some have flashing and rough, no matter toss it in a box and sell it.
Odd size zerk fittings that are not suited to the installation eg straight fittings where a 90 is must if you ever want a grease it because the frame rail is blocking access.
You are not buying these at AA or AZ, they are a fine thread and the only place I could get them was Fastenal and special order at that.
These parts were sealed OE but Moog sells a HD version with a unusable zerk fitting included. Back to the boots, these things suck big time, they use a captured metal ring molded in the rubber that is pressed on at the factory, the problem is many are cut, not all the way through mind you but this is where they blow out when greasing after a while.
If you are unlucky enough to get one not pressed properly you have a real problem, it no simple push on. These have to be the worst boots ever used.
I could go on and on but why bother, leave that crap on the shelf.
I'll add one more to your list. A couple of months ago, I saw the instructions/maintenance sheet that came with a Moog tie rod. It said on the sheet that the tie rod needed to be greased every 3,000-5,000 miles.
Seriously, grease it twice every oil change?
