It's amazing how many weekend projects end up this way...

Today I ripped all of the nasty old tie rod assemblies out, as well as the idler arm, drag link, and steering shock. The idler arm repair went well, despite the fact that the online company I ordered it from sent me a repair kit which had been opened, and was missing the M16 - 1.5 nut. The drag link went in perfectly as well.

Upon trying to install the two new tie rod assemblies, I discovered a problem. All four tie rods fit perfectly at the wheel side, but none of them fit the idler arm or the pitman arm. the tapered hole in both of them is smaller.

What gives? Did the ysend me bunk parts, or is my car weird? Where do I find the right inner tie rods? They're al listed as being the same inside or out, when they are clearly not.

Car in question is in my signature.

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- K.C.Adams

'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread