Tie rod end question

[BigKriss]

Is the tie rod end next to the wheel, left or right hand threaded? I busted the balljoint seal a while ago trying to pop it off with a pickle fork :(

[bad_manners_god]

Is the tie rod end next to the wheel, left or right hand threaded? I busted the balljoint seal a while ago trying to pop it off with a pickle fork :(

Right hand threaded OR you turn left(counter-clockwise) to losen and turn right(clockwise) to tighten.

[BigKriss]

thanks mate


Right hand threaded OR you turn left(counter-clockwise) to losen and turn right(clockwise) to tighten.

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

Is the tie rod end next to the wheel, left or right hand threaded? I busted the balljoint seal a while ago trying to pop it off with a pickle fork :(


It depends on which side of the car... driver's or passenger

each side is the same one left and one right.

[Ross]

I thin heesa tawkin bout the mounting stud. In which case it's lefty loosey, righty tighty.

[BigKriss]

Bob, it's on the left hand side, next to the wheel. So would it be left handed or a right handed thread? I'm talking about the whole balljoint assembly, there are two on the tie rod. Part number 4 (http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=HE63&mospid=47410&btnr=32_0334&hg=32&fg=25&hl=7)


It depends on which side of the car... driver's or passenger

each side is the same one left and one right.

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

Bob, it's on the left hand side, next to the wheel. So would it be left handed or a right handed thread? I'm talking about the whole balljoint assembly, there are two on the tie rod. Part number 4 (http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=HE63&mospid=47410&btnr=32_0334&hg=32&fg=25&hl=7)


You have to look at the threads on each end, since the sets can be put on either way for each side of thr car.

[BigKriss]

no worries, i'll get under there and have a look. thanks!

[mamilapon]

Chris one way of knowing is by looking carefully at the threadded portion of the tie rod. If the threads are at a slight angle its a left hand thread, if they are fairly straight across, it right hand.