lefty loosy or righty loosy? please help!

[meangreens14]

ok, so i unfortunatly bent an inner tied rod almost in half today, orderd a new one for 52 bucks including tax and i CAN NOT GET THE OLD ONE OFF!!! im pretty sure these are normal thread and not reverse threaded. do you guys know which way i go to get this thing off?! and if you have some tips and ponters to assist this process, id like to hear them!thank you in advance. and this happend just fivee days after getting my car back on the road from being down for 3 weeks!!!! no pic yet, but it'll be a "stupidity trophy" for sure!

[masterteque]

Lefty loosy....Easiest to use a inner tie rod tool......

[wa-chiss]

righty tighty, lefty loosey.

[meangreens14]

what is special about this inner tie rod tool u speak of? im planning on using a cesent wrench, possibly with an extension on it to get it off easier. and is this is normal tool that can befound at an autozone/kragen/wherever?

[irocknrol2]

I dont know about any special tool, I just used a big crescent wrench to get it off, it is on there really tight.

[meangreens14]

thats what i did this morning...i think i scared the inner tie rod with the torrent of other tools i whipped out(giant wrenches, rubber mallets, ballpeen hammers, torches) ...it worked the firt time with the cresent wrench...ha ha ha. i actually did hve to use the torch to loosen up the out end to get it off the inner rod.but THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE HELPFUL HINTS. i'll try to post up a picture of my wickedly bent inner tie rod.

[180fan]

if you loosen the nut that's backed right up against the outer tie rod, the tie rod end turns pretty readily.