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Vehicle & Technical => Suzuki => Topic started by: jamesey on March 16, 2009, 19:53:24

Title: rip off track rod end prices?????where can i get some from?
Post by: jamesey on March 16, 2009, 19:53:24: ive been told be my garage that all 4 track rod ends are knakered on my jimny , ive rung around and the cheapest i can get 1 for is £40 each
thats a rip off , do you know of anywhere cheaper i need 4 :embarrassed: :'(
Title: Re: rip off track rod end prices?????where can i get some from?
Post by: glaggs on March 16, 2009, 20:29:12: Thats better than any price I've managed to get. I got a quote for genuine at £42.70+ vat - 3 day delivery or Blue Spot same price at a local parts supplier - next day delivery. When I opened the Blue spot box the parts were in genuine suzuki packaging. I havn't found a cheap alternative yet :(
Title: Re: rip off track rod end prices?????where can i get some from?
Post by: jamesey on March 16, 2009, 20:45:55: i wonder if this was my steering wobbling problem all along , kap said he would sell me front and rear arms with the trackrods on for £20 the 2 , but he dint garuntee the rods , i dont know if to risk 2nd hand rods what do you think , the garage had to take my rods of and heat them up to budge them they will have been on since 1999 by the looks of them :embarrassed:
if i have them new it will be £700 ive spent on the jimny in the last 4 weeks with the lift and all , i still havent got my mud tyres yet they will have to wait :'(
Title: Re: rip off track rod end prices?????where can i get some from?
Post by: glaggs on March 16, 2009, 22:47:27: I've bought 2nd hand 'rods' and they've been OK. The worn track rod won't have helped your steering wobble, but news ones didn't completely cure mine. I plan to re-build my front axel this summer to see if that cures things? Must say its starting to become a bit annoying.
Title: Re: rip off track rod end prices?????where can i get some from?
Post by: jamesey on March 17, 2009, 09:10:09: get a discovery steering damper like i did it works wonders
Title: Re: rip off track rod end prices?????where can i get some from?
Post by: glaggs on March 17, 2009, 23:03:06: I put my pro-comp one back on - and its inproved things no end, but the damper is well past its best. E-mailed Llama4x4 about brackets for disco damper but not had a reply?
Title: Re: rip off track rod end prices?????where can i get some from?
Post by: jamesey on March 18, 2009, 21:57:31: your best ringing his mobile i got nowhere emailing , but beware he talks for engand :doh: