McParts Moog Rebadge??

[purg3d]

Driveworks Inner Tie Rod Part No. DW-EV288
Moog Inner Tie Rod Part No. EV288

Driveworks Tie Rod End Part No. DW-ES2827RL
Moog Tie Rod End Part No. ES2827RL

Given the substantial difference in price I gotta ask:

Sans grease fitting, are these parts identical?

[KingFish]

HUGE differences in quality.

[iceracerdude]

That kind of thing is not at all uncommon. It's actually kind of handy sometimes, the use of part of the numbering system. That being said, I've had a lot of non-moog parts wear out shockingly quick. If you're planning on keeping it, or there's even a chance it can go to a family member somewhere down the road, consider the better parts.

[IdealSociety]

i work at advance auto part time and i can tell you there are SOME rebadged parts that are from moog and sold as driveworks directly, these however have grease fittings pretty consistently and the casting/flash marks are identical upon inspection.

Unfortunately they kinda killed off our TRW line which was the middle ground, same warranty as the moog but priced inbetween and way superior to the cheap driveworks crap. ex: idler arm for a k1500 chev the TRW is identical to a moog, greasable and gigantic in size, but the DW with the same part number is tiny and i questioned if it even belonged on a pickup...