82FanTC

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I have been trying everything in the book to get the fill plug for my rear end out. I started with a standard 3/8 socket... Nothing... soaked in WD-40 for three days... nothing... heated up with map gas... nothing.... went out and bought 12" 3/8 breaker bar and put an 18" pipe on the end of that...stripped out the plug... bought the biggest easy out I could find, drilled a, 11/32" hole and tried that with the breaker bar and the pipe....nothing!!!!

This is the tightest plug I have ever seen and no I didn't put it in, its my new junk yard rear end. I do not have an acetylene torch.

Any new ideas??????

Kentetsu

Run it by a tire shop, and have them hit it with an impact wrench...

Siraniko

iTrader: (13)

nm

82FanTC

iTrader: (9)

I could try bringing it in. That is just so degrading... lol

"nm" Does that mean not me?

I went back out to the garage and I am using a 13/32 easy out. I just broke the head off my breaker bar. Good thing it was a craftsman.

blackdeath647

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nm = not much


and, well there ain't much you can't do w/out torching it, or a impact wrench lol, buy another plug and weld a screw to that one sideways and try beating it with a hammer or something

Kentetsu

nm = nevermind. Darned noobs....

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

if its too stripped then you will have a whole basket of mess on your hands. drilling means metal shavings in the third member..not good one bit....

FunK73

iTrader: (6)

My oil plug did the same thing. Here's the steps I took

1) Ordered a new one from Black Dragon
2) Clamped on a vice grip as tight as humanly possible
3) Have a strong friend over
4) Crank the s#!t out of it till it pops.

jdi_knght

Acetylene torch + vice grips is the only way I've been able to get some of those plugs out. Since you don't have a torch, your best bet may be to take it in or borrow a torch set from a friend.

trochoid

iTrader: (6)

If you haven't destroyed the plug completely, weld a short 1/2" grade 8 bolt onto the plug. The heat from the welding should destroy the the bond between the threads, then hit with an impact.

82FanTC

iTrader: (9)

No i haven't destroyed the plug at all. I have a perfectly centered 13/32" hole drilled in the center that I have been using the easy out in. I'm going to limp it 1/2 mile down the road to the Midas to see if a combination of a torch and an impact wrench on the easy out will get it out. I already have a plug to use from my original axle which came out with ease.

I dont think the few small metal shavings will hurt anything. Most of them came out of course. I could drain the oil but I think refilling through the 13/32" hole would be a bitch.

RustyRacer

I left mine completely destroyed, let me know if everything works out.

I had a bad axle seal and knew it was empty, so I poured in a quart through one of the axles.

82FanTC

iTrader: (9)

Acetylene is the winner! My buddy came over with his torch and it came out with ease!

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

glad you got it out!!! the part number for the new plug is 0259-26-041a

j9fd3s

iTrader: (3)

the drain plug is magnetic, so it will collect any shavings.

MA2LA

the blue wrench works very well, most of the time.