These replacement clamps are doing what they need to do! I damaged mine with my hydraulic assist cylinder after replacing my prior tie rod with the Yeti XD--and that the interference between the hydraulic assist cylinder and the Yeti XD tie rod necessitated relocating the hydraulic assist cylinder. My only criticism is that FedEx took a most circuitous route to deliver the clamps--4 days longer than they originally predicted. (And that's clearly a FedEx issue--NOT SteerSmarts!!) The clamp is quite beefy, and does a great job of holding the tie rod in position!