Quality of Duralast tie rod ends versus MOOG?

I bought my moog stuff from rockauto.com I don't remember exactly what I paid for tie rod ends, but it's wasn't 200 bucks.

"When you buy Moog, or any other brand name part, you are also paying a premium price for a box that has their name on it."

Kinda like Callahan brake pads.

See if you can find TRW.Its just as good as Moog and cheaper.I used some on my 65 and on my Durango and on a lot of cars at work.Some of the Dura Last is decent stuff also as we used it at work.Just check the quality before you buy.Rocky

When I rebuilt my front suspension, I used all MOOG. It's not something I want to do again for a long time. Everything together was just over $400, but I feel it was money well spent.
Jim

duralast is a box name
when i worked there
we had perfic circle a dana co,
which is a federal mogal co
we had moog for a short time ,
they came (moog co. ) came in the stores
repackaged the perfic circle brand and some of the 1 year valugraft into moog boxes
this goes on all the time
doesnt matter if its carquest, advance/ autozone
napa, doesnt matter
as for what and who makes the part,
its a federal mogal co,
as for anyones 1 year stuff ,, it is the best stuff from china hsha
as for quality of moog vs trw same
they just did a box over trw rebox in all stores
moog came in took trw out put in moog boxes
just like ac delco
ac delco makes nothin it is a box name only
98 chevy trucks car are a ngk plug
kinda like gas several pumps 1 gas

I just redid my 83 D 250's front end; found a PAIR of very old stock MOOG inners for $9.99/PAIR and a pair of outers for the same $9.99; so $20. for 4 new TRE's.... even though I only "needed" a driver's outer TRE you can bet I put all 4 on there; as well as a new MOOG idler arm... yup $9.99. even the cardboard the boxes were made from was heavier than "today's Moog"....
but I would definitely take "today's MOOG" over McQuay Norris or Duralast (whoever makes them....) otherwise TRW used to be decent as did Dana/Spicer..... I just got 4 new Spicer balljoints for the kid's ramcharger....again via Ebay.... Made in Canada; dead equiv to Made in USA IMHO.... I despise all this Made in China BS; were our cars made there? then why should we be forced to buy parts for them, that were made there? REFUSE "MADE IN CHINA"

Well ended up buying the duralasts. I asked the clerk who makes their suspension parts, namely these tie rods and he said Moog makes them for AZ in their boxes. I compared the originals and the new ones...new ones look heftier than original 63 stuff and with a lifetime warranty, I'll take the chance considering the car only gets driven maybe 500 miles a year they should last as long as originals. Thanks for all the input.

all the same
except 1 year
trw , perfic circle, duralast,mcquay/norris
moog all federal/mogal
dana/spicer,
one big happy family
enjoy as this will not get better

Moog is better stuff. I've got over 10yrs parts experience. Jobber, retail, and dealership parts. Much of what's offered now is cheap junk. I'm in the middle of an e-body complete suspension restoration... The idler arm purchased from AZ by the owner 3 years ago (I installed with a steering box repair) now has 3/8" travel up and down... Less tha 1500 miles and he is a cruise night guy. Drives it lightly and never too far. The Moog (from Car Quest) is visually heavier and looks like the factory. However, you have to ask for real Moog. Everyone has the lower price line stuff to compete with the retailers like AZ. All of it is ceahp junk. Rubber is the same as the Indian made engine mounts that crack and tear in a year. For hard parts, I'll only use real Moog. For soft parts they get urethane except for the lower control arm bushings which are Moog. IIRC the LCA, tie rods, sleeves, upper and lower ball joints came to $322 with the tax on it. KYB shocks, a new boot for the pitman arm, and idler arm was another $147.

everything made in china if you ask me! I bought a fi in a box that say made in usa, part say made in china!!

as time goes by the real moog will disapear
only a couple ways to know now
if it is a 'true'moog part in that box
as federal mogal moves parts ,trw /dana /
spicer/etc you will never know
once you figure that all is happy family
it doesnt matter
any part can fail and can fail at anytime
i will say for the most part the return of defected out parts is usaually misinstalled buy the installer,
or mis diagnose by the tech invovled !!
as for china junk
most of youre parts are allready made
there they are reassembled here most
as for carquest having diffrent 'moog' parts
than autozone o-boys,
all of us carry 3 lines of chassie part
i have worke zone ,and advance,
zone doesnt carry the name moog part
advance does ,o-boys carrie 2 lines of 'moog'
products,,
all carry a 1 year stuff
everyones 1 year stuff is the best you can get from china sometimes there real good sometimes
just not!
advance carries both the moog brand and trw brands
like i said moog trw are the same and alot of times the parts are crossdocked to one another!
sometimes youre homeworks needs homework

i totally agree with you ,,
and i try to sell that to the customers in front of me
but then real life sets in and the they say well i'm only going to keep that car for couple more months so i'll take them 1 year pads because they are 13.99 hahahah
the 2 weeks later man them brakes squeelll
hahahhaah