GRRRRR....
I'm trying to find a replacement driver's side inner tie rod end for my 93 touring. Got one from Advance for ~$30, but it didn't fit! Its made by TRW, who I believe is the OEM; however, the ends were coarse-threaded and should be fine-threaded (per the alignment shop). The box the part came in was pretty beaten up, so it looks like I wasn't the first person to try using this part. I thought they may have just ordered the wrong part, but the part number (trw es3428) is the same on every website I searched. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Am I insane?

My car is at the alignment shop waiting on the part. Should I try to order another and hope that its right? I definitely DON'T have time to dick around getting this fixed.

Malloy Mazda has it for ~$65, but they would have to order it and then ship it to me. If its a TRW part, will I have the same problem? Damnit! is anything simple with these cars?!?!? Sorry for the long post...needed to vent.

TIA,
Stew

 

I have some tie rods just give me a call.

 

Thanks, Fritz. I sent you a PM.
Any chance of you having a boost controller or some SMIC hard pipes, efini y-pipe, etc in your vast catalog-o-parts?

Thanks,
Stew

 

Back from the dead! :-o

So, I ordered some Spicer inner tie rods (PN: 4051102) and ran into the same issue. The stock Mazda one has a much finer pitch thread on it than the replacement part. Needless to say, you can't screw the new one into the rack.

Anyone else find a part that will fit? Any other Mazda cars cross-reference correctly for this part?

 

I just responded to a guy about Napa tie rods (269-5520). I have the inners still in box, they have about 9 threads in 15mm on the end that ties into the rack assembly. Is that going to work?

 

Bump from the dead don't get an aftermarket tie rod. Just got one from napa and the threads are wrong.

 

BTW: just removed my donor 1993 inner tie-rod and measured the following:

rod to rack: M16 x 1.0 (fine thread)
tie-rod end: M12 x 1.25

My understanding is that the 94+ has a different rod to rack thread-pitch: M16 x 1.5

:-) neil

 

Yeah, got stuck in this situation in which my oem tie rod are fine thread and got stuck with coarse thread. I found a company online that actually sells aftermarket fine thread inner tie rod with washer as well

 

And what brand, part number or any other info?

 

I bought aftermarket Moog inner tie rods from Rockauto.com and I ended up receiving factory Mazda inner tie rods for like 25-30 bucks each one? It's worth a shot, someone else on the forums said they ordered moog inner tie rods and got mazda as well.

 

oops disregard !