Front Diff Fill Plug Stripped!!! :(
02-18-2008, 11:16 AM
#21
Make the moron that put it on so tight get it off! 
If you have to have a breaker bar to get it off it was put on with too much torque! Easiest way to get off the OEM hex head is a 24 or 25 mm, do not recall which it is, weld on another nut or air chisel. I cannot tell you how many OEM ones I have had to PERSUADE off. 
Replace the OEM fill and drain plugs with a 10mm sunken hex head like in the picture above, get the 10mm hex socket, and be done with it. Only difference from diffs to transmissions and t cases is the washer, either steel or aluminum, depending on application.
We have both in stock on the website and the description tells what you need for what.
If you have to have a breaker bar to get it off it was put on with too much torque! Easiest way to get off the OEM hex head is a 24 or 25 mm, do not recall which it is, weld on another nut or air chisel. I cannot tell you how many OEM ones I have had to PERSUADE off. Replace the OEM fill and drain plugs with a 10mm sunken hex head like in the picture above, get the 10mm hex socket, and be done with it. Only difference from diffs to transmissions and t cases is the washer, either steel or aluminum, depending on application.
We have both in stock on the website and the description tells what you need for what.
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