I'm re-doing the front end in my 1952 half-ton and using the same new style tie rod ends. I thought about this since you asked (and I answered) this morning, but for the life of me I can not imagine how it would make any difference. In fact, I can't tell you how my old tie rod came out. As for the zerks, I'm just swapping the nuts to make the zerks easier to access. I have the same problem (inaccessible zerk) in a couple of other places.
Jon
