I was changing my transfer case fluid. All was well until i put the fill plug back in and torqued it down to hard. I didn't have a torque wrench so i was free handing it with a ratchet. It spun loose after some pressure, i knew what had happened.
I was hoping that it was the plug that stripped and not the inlet threads of the transfer case. My hopes came up short. I'm pretty sure I stripped out the threads to the inlet of the T-case.
When i pulled the plug out, it had what looked to be a spring around the plug. It turns out they are metal shavings from the T-Case that i apparently dug in when torquing too hard on the ratchet? See pic
Thoughts? Advice?
I put the fill plug back in and have it softly contacted/tightened as much as it will go again before it slips loose again.
Should i put lock tight on the washer where it will meet the side of the inlet of the fill plug hole and tighten it as best as i can and hope the lock tight holds? ...........and then just never plan on changing the transfer case fluid again? Anything a mechanic can do?
I guess it's a small win that i stripped out the fill plug and not the drain plug? Maybe the leaking will be minimal?
I was hoping that it was the plug that stripped and not the inlet threads of the transfer case. My hopes came up short. I'm pretty sure I stripped out the threads to the inlet of the T-case.
When i pulled the plug out, it had what looked to be a spring around the plug. It turns out they are metal shavings from the T-Case that i apparently dug in when torquing too hard on the ratchet? See pic
Thoughts? Advice?
I put the fill plug back in and have it softly contacted/tightened as much as it will go again before it slips loose again.
Should i put lock tight on the washer where it will meet the side of the inlet of the fill plug hole and tighten it as best as i can and hope the lock tight holds? ...........and then just never plan on changing the transfer case fluid again? Anything a mechanic can do?
I guess it's a small win that i stripped out the fill plug and not the drain plug? Maybe the leaking will be minimal?