As you may have discovered, a major common weak point on Chevrolet/GM HD series trucks is the steering linkage and tie rods with high torque engines, lift kits, and larger tires putting greater strains on the steering system than what OEM intended. These common failures include loose steering, front wheels toe-in under load while in four-wheel drive, and broken tie rods. If you have performance upgrades in your truck, lifted it, or do serious towing, you will want to upgrade your steering kit BEFORE doing catastrophic damage to your truck.
The Cognito alloy steel Extreme Duty Center Link And Tie Rods are a direct bolt in system that is a complete replacement for the stock center link and tie rod assemblies. The kit also convers the stock style inner tie rod joint from a ball and socket axial loaded joint to a radial loaded joint which is significantly stronger and offers more articulation than OE. Fore use only in OEM position. Not for use with lift kits that use a dropped centerlink.