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

[ichbineinekrous]

So I'm replacing tie rod ends. Left and Right. The right hand side is easy. After removing the left hand side tie rod I begin to screw the new one in and realize that the threads aren't right. I compare the old to new and sure enough they aren't the same, so I compare the old right hand side to the old left hand side and they are identical. Is this correct? I bought left and right tie-rod ends from ******** and that is what I received but now it seems I needed 2 right hand tie-rod ends. What gives? I searched the old threads but didn't find any mention of this. Thanks. The car is an 85 300D if that makes any difference.