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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / December 2005How long should tie rods last?
We just had the front passenger side tie rod break on our 99 Chevy Venture. There are only 66K km on it -- isn't that kind of soon? Haven't hit anything.  Signaturechuk > We just had the front passenger side tie rod break on our 99 Chevy > Venture. There are only 66K km on it -- isn't that kind of soon? Haven't > hit anything. Unless it is badly abused by hitting high kerbs at speed then any failure such as this at any mileage or age is unacceptable, normal maintenance checks withstanding. Someone could be killed. Possibly many. Huw Break or wear out?? > We just had the front passenger side tie rod break on our 99 Chevy > Venture. There are only 66K km on it -- isn't that kind of soon? Haven't > hit anything. >Break or wear out?? Seems like the threads were stripped and it came loose. No one was hurt (it was in a parking lot), but is there somewhere I can find some kind of "official lifespan" of parts like this? Signaturechuk >>Break or wear out?? > > Seems like the threads were stripped and it came loose. No one was hurt > (it was in a parking lot), but is there somewhere I can find some kind of > "official lifespan" of parts like this? Then the car has been severely curbed or the tierod was not tightened properly [which should be spotted at a regular service if it was an original part]. Threads do not spontaneously strip and require great force to do so. Huw Agreed, maybe an alignment was done at one time. >>>Break or wear out?? >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Huw > >Break or wear out?? > > Seems like the threads were stripped and it came loose. No one was hurt > (it was in a parking lot), but is there somewhere I can find some kind of > "official lifespan" of parts like this? If the threads were stripped, replace the adjuster sleeve as well. No sense taking chances on such an important part. This is not a normal failure; either something spectacularly bad happened to the vehicle or it was assembled with sub-par parts. nate >>Break or wear out?? > > Seems like the threads were stripped and it came loose. No one was hurt > (it was in a parking lot), but is there somewhere I can find some kind of > "official lifespan" of parts like this? Any junkyard (aka auto recycler). > We just had the front passenger side tie rod break on our 99 Chevy > Venture. There are only 66K km on it -- isn't that kind of soon? Haven't > hit anything. Tie rods SHOULD last the life of the car. Having one break spontaneously is freakishly rare. Are you sure it wasnt a tie-rod END (they're replacable), and are you SURE nothing got hit at some point? >> We just had the front passenger side tie rod break on our 99 Chevy >> Venture. There are only 66K km on it -- isn't that kind of soon? Haven't [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >is freakishly rare. Are you sure it wasnt a tie-rod END (they're >replacable), and are you SURE nothing got hit at some point? It was the ends that had stripped threads (the actual rod itself didn't break), and yes, unless someone stole the car, hit something and fixed all the damage except that to the tie rod ends and replaced it in our driveway before we noticed, it hasn't hit anything. Signaturechuk > >> We just had the front passenger side tie rod break on our 99 Chevy > >> Venture. There are only 66K km on it -- isn't that kind of soon? Haven't [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > -- > chuk I had that happen to me. One tie rod end pulled out of the sleeve in a parking lot thankfully. In my case, the tie 'rod' has a split end with a clamp to hold the tie rod end from spinning or the split from opening so the sucker can strip out. I snapped the bolt off one side on an off road rock impact and didn't notice, several months later the tie rod end fell out. (the dent in the clamp was a dead give away) If yours are the split rod and clamp type, then the reason it failed is because the last front end alignment guy forgot to tighten the clamp likely... Just my $0.02 Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/index.html?id=2120343242 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) |
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