Ideas for stripped 24mm diff fill plug
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Ideas for stripped 24mm diff fill plug
well, I guess the last time I filled my rear diff I tightened the sucker way to tight. I can't get it off! Then to make things worse, after not being able to get it loose with an open ended wrench, I took the impact to it with a 6 point socket. Stripped it even worse.
now what? any ideas or suggestions?
now what? any ideas or suggestions?
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good idea actually. I dont have a welder but a couple people at work do. I have got the other fill plug that I think is just a 3/8ths socket size that came with the trail gear diff cover
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I have found the best way is to buy a cheap like Craftsman 15/16" combination wrench weld it on in a position you get a pipe on the wrench to break it loose and have enough room to spin the wrench out.
Throw it all away install new plug.
I have had to heat and bend a few wrenches to make it work.
This seems to happen all to often
I always Never Seize all this plugs most often when I change the gear oil in a new to me vehicle they get new plugs:jessica:
Throw it all away install new plug.
I have had to heat and bend a few wrenches to make it work.
This seems to happen all to often
I always Never Seize all this plugs most often when I change the gear oil in a new to me vehicle they get new plugs:jessica:
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If you already have a replacement plug, try some vice grips on that sucker since its already chewed up. The chisel trick works well too. If you don't want to wait until you can get to a welder you can also try cutting new facets on the head with a grinder or dremel to get some bite with a wrench again.
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ahhhh sounds like the first time i changed gear oils in my truck. . . . . a weekend of screaming, having to rent a little wirefeeder, scrounging up some nuts to weld on trans and rear diff, and then screaming again cause i didn't have a wrench big enough to turn my new nuts.
plus my dumb-a## had already drained all fluids before even attempting to remove the fill plugs. . . . . . . . . good times
plus my dumb-a## had already drained all fluids before even attempting to remove the fill plugs. . . . . . . . . good times
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take a 6 point socket, the next size down, and pound it on there, bassicly forcing the stripped nut, to be and un-stripped nut, only smaller. I find if its not stripped bad (wich it sounds like its stripped bad) you can go with a metric size (or actually standard, since we're talking about toyota's) to pound on, since it will be a less incriment smaller, and easier to go on, but will also strip eisier....make sense?
or you can get a grinder, and grind a new head on it.
also, fill up a spray bottle with water, then heat the nut (i prefer map gas), then heat and cool, heat and cool etc. this should loosen it up.
dont crack your diff though.
or you can get a grinder, and grind a new head on it.
also, fill up a spray bottle with water, then heat the nut (i prefer map gas), then heat and cool, heat and cool etc. this should loosen it up.
dont crack your diff though.
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