# Tie Rod End **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 22, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tie-rod-end/238492 "2008-08-22T14:39:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NedZ32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nedz32/32/6393_2.png) [@NedZ32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NedZ32)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tie-rod-end/238492/1 "2008-08-22T14:39:28Z")
So my cousin messed up my tie rod end by hitting the thread on top with a hammer to free the ball joint from the hub assembly. :headbang I tried to screw on the nut to the bolt but of course now it won’t screw on because the first few threads are kind of “crooked”. Is there any way I can fix this short of having to put in a new tie rod end? Its not that I’d mind buying new tie rods but mine are still in good condition(no wheel play) and removing the old one is a PITA and a half. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tie-rod-end/238492/2 "2008-08-22T16:05:06Z")
Use a die froma tap and die set to try to fix the threads ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tie-rod-end/238492/3 "2008-08-22T16:17:09Z")
get a new one less of a pain in the ass ---
**Author:** ![Allstar\_Graphics](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/allstar_graphics/32/6287_2.png) [@Allstar\_Graphics](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Allstar_Graphics)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tie-rod-end/238492/4 "2008-08-22T19:59:42Z")
if you dont have a die, crank it on (if your man enough) it will straighten out. ---
**Author:** ![NedZ32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nedz32/32/6393_2.png) [@NedZ32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NedZ32)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tie-rod-end/238492/5 "2008-08-22T20:01:44Z")
I tried and stripped the damn nut instead :headbang Gonna try to file it down ---
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tie-rod-end/238492/6 "2008-08-23T00:05:27Z")
Dude, a tie rod end is like, $15-20. Quit being cheap. I don’t know why people risk their safety so much when the cost is so little. Go ahead, ask how I know that price. Assuming it’s an outer tie rod as those are more common, go to an Advance Auto (I am a manager at the one on Altamont Ave. in Rotterdam), the part number for an outer, either side, is ES-4304 or SES-3404. The SES is cheaper. If it’s an inner tie rod, the part number is ES-3405 or SES-3405. ---
**Author:** ![Fn\_Skanks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fn_skanks/32/6308_2.png) [@Fn\_Skanks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fn_Skanks)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tie-rod-end/238492/7 "2008-08-23T01:00:25Z")
yeah what chris said… anyway, i have a few easy methods of extracting these without wrecking the boot, or threads. if he felt he had to hit it like that, he should have threaded the nut back on a little bit, that way he was hitting the nut and not mushing the threads.