Hey guys,

New to the forum here, so if I am posting in the wrong section or if the question has already been answered, then I am sorry in advance.

My car: Honda civic 96 CX 3 dr(Hatchback) w/MT and Manual steering

so here is my main issue:

I went to the garage about 5 weeks ago to get my exhaust manifold replaced, and found out that my upper control arms(both sides) as well as my outer tie rods were done.

I had the lower ball joints and inner tie rods done about 2 months ago. When I was in search for the tie rods, i had such a hard time finding them since i couldn't find one for manual steering. I was getting wrong info from everywhere, some manufacturers told me that for inner tie rods power steering and manual steering mattered but others told me it didn't.

So I called RockAuto and they called several manufacturers for me and went with Raybestos P/N: 4011902 from Rockauto, since they were good for both power and manual steering.

Now again, I am in the same dilemma, I am trying to find outer Tie rods for my car and am stuck in the same situation.

My garage is offering me the parts but they are extremely cheap quality and 1 year warranty, and usually i like to put good quality parts with lifetime warranty on them.

So I prefer to order from RockAuto, they have cheap prices and carry good quality products.

So I looked for several outer Tie Rods, but they all say Power Steering, so I called RockAuto, who then called Raybestos, Moog, Deeza, Beck/Arnley. All of them besides Deeza said that Power/manual steering matters when it comes down to outer tie rods, and so the power steering tie rods can't be used with the manual steering.

Although Deeza specifically said that for outer tie rods Power/manual steering doesn't matter the part fits both steering.

So I called the honda dealership, and they said that they don't carry that part for my vehicle and have to do a special order, but they did say that it is the same part number for auto or manual steering.

I called Canadian tire, and they said that they had cheap brand(some unknown brand) and good brand(Monroe), and that Monroe was only available for Power Steering, and for manual steering only cheap brand was available.

So can someone please tell me that for outer tie rods does Power/manual steering matter?

And if yes, can someone please suggest me a brand, part number, store(online), where i can order from?

Like I said I like to put lifetime warranty, good quality parts on the car and i really like raybestos for some reason.

Attached is the picture from RockAuto.

http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...-26_184315.jpg

THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH, Help is appreciated!

 

the outer tie rods are the same... just goto your local part store (autozone or advance auto parts) and buy them, this shouldnt be such a hard decision.... also your local part stores carry warranties on them.

 

I tried finding locally, but I can't there are all cheap parts here, unknown brand from china. Even the dealership doesn't have them.

Also why is it that Raybestos and Moog says that its for power steering only?

Thanks again

 

i dont know why they would, and ive used tie rods from local part stores and never had any problems, a tie rod is a very simple cheap part, you shouldnt have to pay alot for it.
its just a ball joint in a socket with a rubber boot over it and filled with grease.

dont waste your time with this dilemma your thinking way to hard about this, just get the ones offered locally.

 

Okay, Thanks BTW how long does a tie rod usually last?

Thanks again

 

for a long time, the new ones you have put on will have grease fittings for a grease gun, every 6 months have them regreased along with any other ball joints that have the fitting, this puts fresh grease into the balljoints and also replaces the lost grease and helps the life of them.