tie rod ends...where to buy them
#2
Re: tie rod ends...where to buy them
O'Reilly has them listed for the 2005 FEH
Hopefully this link will work:
http://www.oreillyauto.com/EW3/Displ...ycleCount=2543
Hopefully this link will work:
http://www.oreillyauto.com/EW3/Displ...ycleCount=2543
#3
Re: tie rod ends...where to buy them
There are over a million 01-07 Escapes/Mariners/Tributes on the road, which means there are tons of online websites where you can buy chassis parts like these. These include Ford dealers that have online parts businesses, as well as auto parts warehouses. Sometimes when parts shopping, you have to look at early model years because parts databases aren't always consistent. For example, I've bought a few parts and accessories that were listed for 01-05 Escapes, but were not listed (even by Ford) for my 07.
#4
Re: tie rod ends...where to buy them
i bought some from o'reilly's that said they would fit my hybrid...well got them in, scheduled the install, and the shop called and said they were the wrong ones...i haven't ordered anywhere else but i may try and see what happens...i thought i would ask on here just to see if anyone has ever replaced theirs and had this problem...hybrid escape tie rods are different than regular escapes
#6
Re: tie rod ends...where to buy them
i bought some from o'reilly's that said they would fit my hybrid...well got them in, scheduled the install, and the shop called and said they were the wrong ones...i haven't ordered anywhere else but i may try and see what happens...i thought i would ask on here just to see if anyone has ever replaced theirs and had this problem...hybrid escape tie rods are different than regular escapes
#8
Re: tie rod ends...where to buy them
Just so you know, the FEH's have an electric power steering rack that costs many times more than the regular Escapes.. I was quoted over $1100 and I was hoping it was the inner tie rod but my mechanic thinks it is in the rack..passenger side...My ford dealer tech. thinks it's the passenger side tie rods but I don't think he looked past the inner tie rod...it takes two people to duplicate the movement... They, the Ford dealer quoted me over $600 to replace just the pass. side inner and outer tie rods and align..and I could still have a bad rack... That Ford repair is over $1500 but this is in California where prices tend to be higher than other parts of the country.. After market parts places often claim they have Hybrid parts but they are regularly confusing regular Escape parts for FEH parts... i bought a FEH parts list just so I could check the parts I was quoted.. Good luck I hope your steering rack is OK and my mechanic is wrong..
Mike
Mike
#9
Re: tie rod ends...where to buy them
The FE has EPS and my '09 shop manual covers the FE/FEH and lists only one steering gear. It lists one outer tie-rod under the steering gear section. Two pages later under steering linkage section, it lists one inner tie-rod and a different outer tie-rod. It doesn't note the difference. It also shows one part number one palce as a nut, another place it's shown as a bolt!
Steering gear, 3A500
Inner tie-rod, 3280
Outer tie-rod, 3289
Outer tie-rod, 3A130
Notice how the last outer tie-rod part number matches the steering gear!!
Steering gear, 3A500
Inner tie-rod, 3280
Outer tie-rod, 3289
Outer tie-rod, 3A130
Notice how the last outer tie-rod part number matches the steering gear!!