E36 rack swap, are E30 tie rods needed?

[E30BeemerLad]

When I swapped the E36 rack into my chromie I just bolted the job lot up complete with the E36 inner & outer tie rods.

No dramas with fitting etc.

I've heard a few mention that they fitted the E30 inner & outer tie rods to the E36 rack. Is this actually necessary?

Cheers
Lee

[Barton]

whats the benefit of this? and is it a straight swap?

my rack may need replacing as i'm getting some strange noises from the steering

[kilrone]

you can use either i used the e36 stuff for the sake of stating with newer parts

[Cook318IS]

as kilrone said you can use the e36 ones. im using the e36 ones becuase the ones on the rack were ok

[DanThe]

I just fit new track rod ends, E36 obviously

[StuBeeDoo]

I just fit new track rod ends, E36 obviously

I used E30 TREs when I did mine.

[BadDave]

I used New E30 ones as the ones that came attached to the E36 rack were of unknown age/condition

[Barton]

how easy is the swap? i presume there's a guide?