left hand thread or not??? Tie-Rod end

[alamostation]

I have the same problem. An old MB mechanic explained it.

Everywhere your car's suspension has been worked on, including the factory, the mechanic has had an opportunity to swap left side to right and vise versa or substutute a right for a left or a left for a right tie rod.

He has seen cars with both sides RH thread, cars with both sides LH thread and cars with the sides reversed.

My car has only right hand thread tie rods. I found this out when I went to replace a tie rod end that was supposed to be left hand thread.

It's not the fault of your parts supplier. Blame someone in Germany (probably now retired) or a past repair shop.

Just go back to the place you bought the tie rod ends from and tell them they don't know their butts from a hole in the ground and exchange your tie rod ends for the ones you need.