Did Moog go to shit or something?

[Mr_Roboto]

I have an Idler arm I replaced on my Escalade. I know that it had less than 30K on it because I did it and I've only got about 30K of my own miles on this truck. Rando bad part or do I need to start looking elsewhere for stuff? The guy at the auto shop said "You should put Moog on it, they never fail" and I was all "I'm pretty sure it was a Moog."

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[10sec]

I always try to find OE replacements for anything I can. The AC Delco part is 2x more and there's a reason for that.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Yes. They sold out years ago.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Good question. My friend replaced his 08 Tahoe’s right front wheel bearing assembly with a Moog. It failed within a year, while he was on the road in northern WI during a storm.

I replaced both of mine front bearings with Timken and no issues.

 

[Wrencher]

Yes. They sold out years ago.

Yup exactly this......

 

[v6buicks]

Yep. Moog sucks.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Well that sucks will have to do delco or at least use cheap shit instead of paying premium prices for shit parts

 

[1quick]

Moog is now China parts

 

[Turtle]

Many moog items are now junk. I’ve heard it really depends on the warehouse it was made in.


I ordered two control arms. Same time. Two different locations, one in China and one in Canada. Canada was full polished and lighter weight metal. But China rough cast and a lot more heavier. Sadly I didn’t have time to order another.

Installed both. Then seem to held up over a year now. I’ve compared it to some other people on the forums, the China one looked very similar to other cheap eBay ones.

Now I just kinda go with the cheapest option with lifetime warranty, expecting to replace every 2-5 years.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

I will agree with everyone here.

And Timken seems pretty solid lately.

 

[Outlaw]

I usually always order GM Genuine or AC Delco parts but the AC Delco upper control arms were on backorder... hopefully I don’t regret going with MOOG, it all showed up today lol.

 

[m_dogg]

Hit or miss with most of them IMO

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

There is like a 90 billion page thread on the Thirdgen.org forums about the Moog Idler Arm issues for those cars. Seems someone fucked up somewhere and started selling the wrong idler arm but spec'd for a F-body. The angle and installed height of the arm is wrong, leading to bump-steer issues since the passenger side of the center-link is now not correct.

Its a long ass thread, but sums up nicely with a single picture.

BEWARE moog idler arms, and other generic brands - they are incorrect for these cars! - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

Suspension and Chassis - BEWARE moog idler arms, and other generic brands - they are incorrect for these cars! - EDIT: Changed title to more reflect body of thread I have to make this news go big for myself and for all third gen guys that have suffered with bad straight line tracking all these...

www.thirdgen.org

*EDIT* Picture doesn't want to paste.