tie rods, end links

tie rods, end links

I've been having some problems with the tie rods repeatedly wearing out.
First the OEMs wore out after a year of autox-ing, because my car always heavily understeers at low speeds and I use R-compound tires that cause a much higher lateral force to be applied to the endlinks because its a corolla and it was not really meant for motorsport. I replaced my inner tie rods with MOOG aftermarket replacements in august, and one of them already wore out. I use the car for autox, but I've only been to one event since I installed them, so I probably hit a pothole or my very agressive driving caused the part to fail. Can anyone suggest another tie rod manufacturer that makes even stronger parts? Or perhaps I can use a tie rod from a truck or a heavier car that won't break?

Another problem that I'm having is the endlinks that first seize and then wear out and make noise when going over uneven ground. I have a hotchkis adjustable rear swaybar that is always set to the stiffest setting, and this might have caused them to fail. In fact, I bought the same ones as in this picture:


I'm considering buying MOOG aftermarket replacements for the endlinks as well, because they come with a hex face that you can use to keep the endlink from spinning and thus remove the endlinks, but I'm skeptical because my MOOG tie rods wore out so fast. I heard some guy made his own adjustable endlinks.

Any help would be appreciated.
-igor

do u have a pic of your broken tie rod?

hmm now that you mentioned about your endlinks making noise over uneven ground it makes me curious if that is the same sound i am hearing.

what does your bad endlink sound like over uneven ground? maybe my endlink is bad too.

i would say ball joints too. does the sound change relative to speed or is it usually constant?

does the endlink sound like a squishy sound ?

havent pulled out the broken tie rod yet. Sounds like a worn balljoint in the rod. The endlink sounds like two boards being knocked together when i go over a large number of small bumps like snow or gravel. to check it make sure the car is on level ground and pull on the swaybar up and down