Anybody know what the corect thickness of a tie rod end
i know the threading is 20 but is the thickness m11? is there such things?

 

Why do you need to know?

 

i need to get nuts for both sides of my car ... and i don't want to take them off and screw up the alignment just to take them with me to my local nuts and bolts store.

 

Pull the nut loose and take it with you. The tie rod is not going to just fall out when the nut is removed. They usually need some persuasion.

BTW, just in case I need to say this. Use another car to go to the parts store, not the one missing nuts.

-billy

 

Just order a pair of new tie rod end links and replace both of them, they come as a complete set with new washers, spacers, bushings, and nuts...

That is the sure fire way to fix the problem with out any guess work

 

Tie rod ends won't fall out by themselves, you have to hammer/use a gear puller or some kind of puller to pull/push them out usually.

 

This is an elaberation on my post form before

The old tie rod ends usually woren quite thin by the time we get our cars. The old link botls may not even withstand the setting torque required to properly tighten the new nuts on, nor the pounding they are gonna take from trying to break the old nuts loose.

It just sounds to me like you are throughing good money at bad by trying to replace just the nuts...

 

I think you're confusing the tie rod end with the swaybar end link.