Thanks for sharing as I'm new to Mevotech...this morning I just returned two unopened control arms, tie rod ends and sway bar links after doing more research on Mevotech. My original parts lasted 198k miles so far and are still technically good. I'm only replacing the struts and thought I would be clever while I had everything pulled apart and replace some existing parts with Mevotech, what a joke. Toyota OEM parts are more expensive but last and are worth your time in labor, China suspension parts might last a year or so. Junk.
@juliogonzo2718
3 ай бұрын
It is unfortunate how auto part quality has declined so much. Even the so-called "good" brands can be shitty. I rebuilt the front end of a dodge dakota in summer of 2020. All new moog upper and lower control arms and tie rod ends. Gabriel shocks. All the rubber control arm bushings were cracking within the first year. Shock bushings completely beat by last year.
@crzzymnn911
5 ай бұрын
I was just about to buy four mevotech wheel bearings for my Grand Prix GXP until I saw this video I think I'm going to try moog instead thx bro.
@juliogonzo2718
5 ай бұрын
Hey you're welcome! I had good luck with SKF hubs after getting rid of that garbage. I would do some research on moog first as well as I have heard they have kinda gone for a shit too. The moog ones are probably made by a major manufacturer so probably OK but personally I would try to buy SKF or Timken if you can get them
@Watchfullspark
Жыл бұрын
Wow lol Unfortunately, metal tech has dominated the industry when it comes to making control arms, upper and lower. Chatting with a couple of mechanics and parts guys who have been in the industry for over a decade plus and they don’t have anything great to see about mevotech.
@juliogonzo2718
Жыл бұрын
I put moog upper and lower control arms and tie rod ends on another vehicle I bought 2 years ago. The joints are good but one of the boots is torn and the rubber bushings are all cracked already. I put brand new Gabriel shocks on then too and the shock bushings have like 1/4" of play in them already. Maybe drove it 10000 miles. Everything is junk anymore it seems
@Maplecook
Жыл бұрын
@@juliogonzo2718 Totally off topic, but: 1) greetings from up north! (Canada); 2) Your use of, "anymore," here was really hard for me to understand. I looked it up, and it seems that in some parts of the USA, people use, "anymore," as a synonym for, "nowadays." Is that right?
@juliogonzo2718
Жыл бұрын
@@Maplecook I'm in Canada too, maybe that is something regional or I picked it up from someone else who used that as terminology. Maybe I'm a dummy and the only person who says that completely grammatically incorrectly, I dunno 😂 that is right, I used "anymore" in the same way you would say "everything is junk nowadays" interesting, maybe I've said something dumb for a long time. No worse then a buddy who's coworker thought the term "touch base" was actually "touch face" 😂
@Maplecook
Жыл бұрын
@@juliogonzo2718 You're not a dummy, and you're not wrong. As far as I can see, the positive, "anymore," (meaning, "nowadays,") is simply a rare dialectical usage. For most Anglophones, anymore can only be used in the negative, but for SOME, there are cases of positive usage. Most of those speakers are in the USA. I am really surprised to find a Canadian who talks that way, but hey, there are a lot of neighbourhoods out there, eh? haha What part of Canada are you in? And, do others in your area say, "anymore," to mean, "nowadays," too? Just curious, because I teach languages for a living.
@juliogonzo2718
Жыл бұрын
@@Maplecook I've never noticed if others say it. I lived in Brantford Ontario for a lot of my life, perhaps it's proximity to upstate New York had an influence, I'm now in the north west of the province. Southern Ontario has some regional pronunciation quirks. Two things that come to mind were Dalhousie Street in Brantford was pronounced locally as "dah-lou-zie," town of Delhi was pronounced "Del-high." One time a truck driver from the Maritimes told me "the leading cause of ruination of tires is underinflation." I thought ruination was a made up east coast word but it is proper English. I had never heard it before. Accents and regional dialects are interesting to me too, I'm not really knowledgeable about them. Next time I talk to a buddy back home if i remember I'll ask if the "anymore" phrase sounds normal
@singlecams
Жыл бұрын
thats crazy now a days its harder to get parts for older cars trucks and u got not choice but to buy this stuff lol
@juliogonzo2718
Жыл бұрын
Yeah it's all junk now it seems. I miss that stupid Tahoe in the video. She went up in flames in 2020. Disgruntled customer at my work took it out on my vehicle lol
@singlecams
Жыл бұрын
@@juliogonzo2718 damn thats crazy lol u need a tiktok lol to post this stuff lol
@juliogonzo2718
Жыл бұрын
@@singlecams I got a call at 1am from my boss "Uh your vehicle is on fire at the shop" we impounded a similar one that day and either the guy or someone related torched mine. Insurance was good to me for an 01 with 380,000km on it though. Thought they would bend me over, ended up giving me more than I was hoping for. Still would have rather had the other one I owned at the time burning. They burnt my good one the bastards 😂
@singlecams
Жыл бұрын
@@juliogonzo2718 dammit people are crazy 😂good thing you had full coverage lol 🙂
@shyne5637
4 жыл бұрын
Mevotech is trash the supreme mevotech ball joints had play and made noise right out the box brand new I re did the job 3 different times thinking they were defective they weren't they are straight trash so did their control arms same exact problem with their control arms dont believe what they say mevotech is the worst I went with moogs after re doing the job multiple times the noise is finally gone and problem is fixed after paying labor 3 times st8 trash quality
@juliogonzo2718
4 жыл бұрын
I got lucky and didn't have problems with their balljoints, but I definitely wouldn't buy anything they make again.
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