Gday all,
I'm doing my rear bearings and brakes.
Currently , Im being stopped at the starting line by seized filler/drain plugs on the diff housing.
What stupid designed these things !!!
The drain plug is countersunk meaning a socket or big ringy is your only option and the filler plug (which I feel that I have to prove can be removed first , before I start draining oil) has a tiny 4 mm high profile and seems very prone to tool slippage and rounding off.
So far I'm using a 24mm (6 point) impact socket and a breaker bar with a 1m piece of pipe (as a lever /extension) on the filler plug.
It just won't let go, and the socket has just slipped, rounding the nut slightly....great!
I've tried heating it with a torch ... tapping the out of it with a mash hammer.....the just won't move.
I'll hazard a guess that someone B4 me, couldn't be bothered getting new crush washers and just did the plugs up super tight . Probably with a rattle gun !!
I don't want to put the car back together and drive it down to the shop who'll charge me $1000000000 for walking through the door and I'd prefer not to fork out 250 bucks for my own impact driver ( rattle gun ) .
I swear ..these pieces of are going to be replaced with something more practical once I get them out!!
Has anyone had any success removing these plugs when they've been this stubborn? I'd Appreciate any tips/tricks/advice.
( please excuse my frustration )
I'm doing my rear bearings and brakes.
Currently , Im being stopped at the starting line by seized filler/drain plugs on the diff housing.
What stupid designed these things !!!
The drain plug is countersunk meaning a socket or big ringy is your only option and the filler plug (which I feel that I have to prove can be removed first , before I start draining oil) has a tiny 4 mm high profile and seems very prone to tool slippage and rounding off.
So far I'm using a 24mm (6 point) impact socket and a breaker bar with a 1m piece of pipe (as a lever /extension) on the filler plug.
It just won't let go, and the socket has just slipped, rounding the nut slightly....great!
I've tried heating it with a torch ... tapping the out of it with a mash hammer.....the just won't move.
I'll hazard a guess that someone B4 me, couldn't be bothered getting new crush washers and just did the plugs up super tight . Probably with a rattle gun !!
I don't want to put the car back together and drive it down to the shop who'll charge me $1000000000 for walking through the door and I'd prefer not to fork out 250 bucks for my own impact driver ( rattle gun ) .
I swear ..these pieces of are going to be replaced with something more practical once I get them out!!
Has anyone had any success removing these plugs when they've been this stubborn? I'd Appreciate any tips/tricks/advice.
( please excuse my frustration )