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Just curious about the 'average' - before either failure or typical life of tie rod ends - inner & outer. I have a 2000 F-150 (V6) and have replaced both sides - passenger side let loose at about 95K, the driver side at about 130K. Luckily, the passenger side just fell off while I was at a local gas station (while parked!), the driver side let loose while driving about 25mph not far from where I live. That was an eye opener...
Is this something that I should consider replacing every 50-75K - just as a preventative measure? Not doing any hard driving, of course you'll have the occasional pot hole you don't see coming.
Since it's a pretty easy job, and pretty inexpensive, anyone replace them as a part of 'scheduled' maintenance?
Since both of mine have let loose (BOTH the outer), I really don't like the thought of losing on driving at 70MPH.
Is this something that I should consider replacing every 50-75K - just as a preventative measure? Not doing any hard driving, of course you'll have the occasional pot hole you don't see coming.
Since it's a pretty easy job, and pretty inexpensive, anyone replace them as a part of 'scheduled' maintenance?
Since both of mine have let loose (BOTH the outer), I really don't like the thought of losing on driving at 70MPH.
Keep in mind this is something that should be checked/inspected every oil change as they usually just don't fall apart they tend to wear and start getting play which you would find when inspecting the front end if left unattended thats when you get problems like you had.
