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It had last week a loose front outer right tie rod end which I replaced; still some play on that side indicating also a loose front inner right tie rod end.
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Use longer life

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I have heard that the 993 series cars have short outer tie rod life spans, and that a BMW part which does not have the plastic lining can be used for longer life.
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Replace such joints

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At this time I want to see what it would take to change all such joints.
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It had last week a loose front outer right tie rod end which I replaced; still some play on that side indicating also a loose front inner right tie rod end.
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Replace such joints

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At this time I want to see what it would take to change all such joints.
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Use longer life

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I have heard that the 993 series cars have short outer tie rod life spans, and that a BMW part which does not have the plastic lining can be used for longer life.
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I have a 2001 911 turbo which I bought new 4 years and 25k miles ago. It has: 350 hillclimb miles not including fam or descent, 850 including fam and descent. 230 NHIS miles - left hand banked turns - some drivers school, some time trial. Maybe 30 autocross miles. 26k miles total. It had last week a loose front outer right tie rod end which I replaced; still some play on that side indicating also a loose front inner right tie rod end. Now a comment about what some consider a lesser brand, which will have some bearing on the ultimate question. For 10 years I had a 1987 corvette that I used similarly (it was almost as fast in times as this car; it was not stock but all the suspension parts were except shocks). The rear toe links on the corvette had plastic-lined spherical joints, which would go bad in such a way that there would be play under load but not when you tested it unloaded. This was demonstrated several times to me. Considering all the above, including the comment about corvette plastic lined joints: What suspension joints in the 996 are plastic lined? Ball joints? Tie rod ends? Sway bar links? Front inner suspension bushsings? Rear suspension bushings? At this time I want to see what it would take to change all such joints. I have heard that the 993 series cars have short outer tie rod life spans, and that a BMW part which does not have the plastic lining can be used for longer life.

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