>picrel: “OEM” replacement tie rod on left vs original OEM tie rod ok rightNew rod is noticeably thinner and is also missing key features, like it doesn’t work with the lock washers.
>>28628861Mostly because we've created a system where companies have to increase profits indefinitely, and the consumer experience is the first thing to get cut. They don't give a shit if the part is much worse, what are you gonna do, make your own?
OEM replacement just meant a it's dimensionally the same
>>28628928this, and also>LINE MUST GO UP
>>28628861let me guess, you bought the 'economy' part on rockauto.
>>28628861>Why are modern parts such garbage?
>>28629000it's not even china, it's thailand, vietnam, or some -stan shithole
>>28628861Because there's 9001 different car models in the world now and parts manufacturers can't be bothered making a special tie-rod specifically for your car if they already have one for another model which has the same threads and overall length. If you want original, buy OEM.
>>28628861rock auto has pictures of pretty much all of the parts. just match them up before you buy them
>>28628980I like mevotech. Alot of the time they end up being an upgrade. Factory- stamped rear control arms with shit bushings ready to tear out in 20k,mevotech - solid rubber bushing and a thick steel bar 1/2 the price
>>2862886160 years of boomer work culture and 'get promoted at all costs' led to a system wide reduction of domestic production and a constant need to source ever cheaper costs.IE cut costs and outsource bro, I'm a genius bro, corner office is mine bro.
>>28629097mevotech have been good for me too...so far. worried about when they'll get bought out and suffer the same fate as moog
>>28628861Why every young man isn't out there Luigi'ing is beyond meThe whoreld must burnLife itself has been enshittified beyond belief
>>28629324Luigi was fake and gay, case in point his target was somehow not jewish. I've begun to assume that there are in fact real attempts on high level people but the survelliance state stops it.
>>28628928>it's dimensionally the sameIt's not dimensionally the same if the rod is a smaller diameter.
>>28629358NTA but I assume they meant "fits in place of"
>>28628861You need to be honest anon; you didn't buy the actual OEM part, nor did you buy a quality upgrade on the OEM part; you bought something some chinese company advertised as interchangeable with the OEM part.Caveat Emptor.
>>28628861Because your leaders have sold you out, everything is about the shareholders, everything is about cutting as much as humanly possible to get every last bonus for increasing shareholder value. Outsource EVERYTHING, cut quality of EVERYTHING, long term DOES NOT MATTER only the next two quarters. This is the run by bankers, built by china world.
>>28628861OEM replacement doesn't mean what you thinks it means
>>28628861what's the price difference though? If it's more than 50% cheaper than a genuine OEM track rod, just go with it. Even a chinesium tie-rod is going to last 100k miles, so just replace both sides (like you should anyway) and get it aligned.
