Anyone use Howe Racing steering components on an A Body?

[jocko124]

I'm about to buy some Napa tie rods, center link, idler arm, and pitman arm and noticed Howe sells all this stuff? Does anyone have experience with installing this on an A Body?

[novaderrik]

if you get the good NAPA parts, you will be getting Moog or Dana/Spicer parts. if you get the cheap NAPA parts, you are getting whatever the supplier could get the cheapest from their manufacturing contacts in China.

[jocko124]

Yes, I was planning on getting their "premium" grade stuff.

[mrn2obelvedere]

I have used Howe master cylinders and I like them. I would use their parts for other areas of my car as well.

[stealth71]

What's the difference in price? I used the Napa Premium stuff when I replaced it.

[John Wright]

I have used the Howe tall ball joints and they are great pieces....rebuildable too.

[jocko124]

John,

I've also got the ball joints. I just have not seen that anyone has used their steering components and was wondering why?

[wmhjr]

if you get the good NAPA parts, you will be getting Moog or Dana/Spicer parts. if you get the cheap NAPA parts, you are getting whatever the supplier could get the cheapest from their manufacturing contacts in China.

Be careful what you call "good". Moog, since being purchased by Federal Mogul, is IMHO no better than anybody else. Tomorrow a set of brand new Moog ball joints will be ripped back off my 2004 Dodge Ram because they are absolute junk. Here is just one example of what I'm talking about...

http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/d...html?p=2686373

If you want pics of the total crap Moog ball joints, look at...

http://carlisuspension.blogspot.com/...1_archive.html

It's sad. I also thought of Moog as a quality name. There's no way to defend the surface of the relatively new joints in the pics above.

[MonzaRacer]

Actually NAPA chassis parts are , unless absolutely out of production at time of order, never replaced with MOOG, and are made by Dana Parts craft, now lesser lines may be swapped in for supply emergency's and the MasterRide is made by McQuay-Norris unless they have changed tactics.
As for M-N stuff I have never had a failure on regular cars but NEVER installed them in high wear rate car apps like truck ball joints, s10/blazer ball joints, astro van idler arms (well M-N at one time had some super heavy duty parts for older 88up GM idler arms and astros, etc. Like the upgrade idler for gm trucks had joints sized for 10 wheeler trucks.