1 side: new CAs and tie rods, 1 side: old, bad?

[z6ne]

Damaged my control arm, tie rod assembly, and end link on the driver's side of my car, replaced them, have 2 more bolts to source and then I'm done after an alignment.

my question is this, will the controlling of the car be negatively affected by having brand new stuff on one side and old worn out stuff on the other? Will it pull to the right since the left is new?

I'm gonna replace the other side stuff as well but for now I gotta rock it as is.

Any input?

thanks

[jlevie]

Whether you will experience any problem from that depends entirely on how worn the old parts are.

[z6ne]

the bearings on the control arm I took out from the left side were pretty much non-functional, I'm gonna replace them sooner than I thought since my car is currently in maintenance mode with wheels off in my backyard.

gonna do another new control arm, CA bushing, tie rod end, sway bar link

[jeffnhiscars]

Id do the entire tie rod assembly so both sides are new and if money is tight, just do the sway bar links later since they wont disturb anything else you are replacing and wont effect your alignment

[FLG]

Do both control arms and tie rods, the sway link you can deal with doing later. If you do one side youll eventually have to do another and that means another alignment.

Do it once, do it right.

[z6ne]

Do it once, do it right.

truth.


If the other tie rod assembly is fine (the other one was bent so i replaced the whole thing, not just the ends) can I just replace the ends, which have the bearing in it, and not the whole thing?

[jlevie]

Replace the entire tie rod. Both ends typically wear at about the same rate.

[z6ne]

okay so new tie rod assembly and new control arm and bushing for the right side will be done soon, and sway bar link if I have enough money to blow.