Most rebuild are just horrible with a staggering failure rate over over 75% in some cases. For steering I deal with small company exclusively or OE new if available. They do an outstanding job and are picky about cores, they don't take trash back and they certainly don't paint over dirt, they are done right.
The racks are properly indexed which is something you cant say for many rebuilds. The last one I did was 16 turns on one tie rod end and 16.25 on other to get it in spec (can also be many variables) with the steering wheel dead nuts on center. Every part is match marked and the price is only a little more than the garbage from AA, AZ, etc, in fact trade price is even lower even with the coupons.
There are places that do nice work using quality parts but they are few and far between these days. I have places for almost everything from custom braided lines, starter, alternators, transmissions, electric motors of all types (full rewind) etc but it took years to weed them out, many don't advertise, they don't need or want to.
Many parts I do myself if I can get the internals.
The racks are properly indexed which is something you cant say for many rebuilds. The last one I did was 16 turns on one tie rod end and 16.25 on other to get it in spec (can also be many variables) with the steering wheel dead nuts on center. Every part is match marked and the price is only a little more than the garbage from AA, AZ, etc, in fact trade price is even lower even with the coupons.
There are places that do nice work using quality parts but they are few and far between these days. I have places for almost everything from custom braided lines, starter, alternators, transmissions, electric motors of all types (full rewind) etc but it took years to weed them out, many don't advertise, they don't need or want to.
Many parts I do myself if I can get the internals.
