Inner tie rod replacement

[JeffMerr]

Took my truck in for an oil change and was told the inner tie rods are worn out and should be replaced. There is a huge difference in price between Toyota OEM and Moog. Just wondering if it's actually worth paying 3x more for the Toyota brand inner tie rods?

 

[07V8]

OEM on parts like this.

 

[foxtrot]

I would definitely recommend oem. I bought aftermarket and it rusted after a couple weeks

 

[JeffMerr]

Thanks for the advice, guess I'll have to bite the bullet. Anyone know the part number for the left/right?

 

[foxtrot]

2006 TOYOTA 4Runner 4000CC 24-VALVE DOHC EFI, AUTOMATIC 5-SPEED FRONT STEERING GEAR & LINK

Part number is 45503 in this picture, if your inners are bad may as well replace the outers at the same time. 45047

 

[JeffMerr]

Looks like I can get both from toyotapartznet for about $330 ($120 each for inner/$40 each for outer) . I'm guessing I'm also going to need an alignment after they get installed as well?

 

[NJshadow93]

There's nothing wrong with Moog IMO; they are an OEM supplier for Toyota and many other brands. I use Moog for most suspension components (especially ball joints and tie rods). There are many sketchy brands but Moog is not one of them.

 

[Morphyne]

Almost all k6 aftermarket parts are moog and I haven't had an issue yet.

 

[earthrealm]

some moog suspension components are greasable, thus you can pump grease into the bearings again, i use moog for my front end, rockauto

 

[chompster4runner]

I got moog inner and outer tie rod on my Runner. Been over 15k miles on it and it seems fine. My bro 3rd gen got the OEM "brand" from NAPA and those were shot in a few months.