Inner tie rod ends

[Daedalus]

I have a problem here, I ordered a new set of Tie-Rod ends from RockAuto, they arrived last week, but they were different parts - one had a male thread on the inside end and the other one had a female thread on the inside end. I figured one of them was mis-boxed (as both boxes had the EV328 part number), but which one is correct? I called them and told them of the situation, and they sent me a third TRE, also an EV328, which has the female threads. I just want to make sure I have the correct parts before I tear my steering apart.

Thanks.

 

[Orvbaby]

I'm trying to buy a replacement rack for my car right now. I have a photo in my possession that shows that you need the male thread on the inside of the tie rod. In other words, the steering rack is female.
I can email the photo if you would like. PM me
Jeff

 

[Daedalus]

Just to clarify and finalize this thread for anyone who might be searching for this answer in the future, Orvbaby is correct - the correct tie-rod ends have male threads on them.

After RockAuto sent me *another* female threaded "EV328" TRE which they assured me was from a different warehouse than the others, I gave up, and ended up sending the TREs back to RockAuto and buying them from my local NAPA instead, who gave me the correct part the first time.