I asked my dealer about where they are most likely to fail and he told me they have not see one separate at the swivel joint but have had a few come in fractured between the joint and knuckle. This would make sense since the newer ones are much beefier in this area.Careful with those loose tie rod ends. I lost one, unexpectedly as I was doing some loader work last year on a slope. It’s not pretty when one tire just buries itself against the axle and you lose complete control of steering….
I lost some sleep thinking “what if that happened at road speed near cars on the road”?
I’m thinking I wouldn’t be typing this right now if it did.
Where exactly did yours fail? did the joint separate or did the steel fracture?