Tool need for rear axle gear oil change
 

What is it called and what size for an 84 GS.

Thanks, RB

It's called a 3/8 Ratchet or you can use a 3/8 long allen wrnech

Oh, man I feel stupid. Thanks

Don't feel stupid, feel educated now. :-)

yes just a 3/8 ratchet. fcs aren't as nice though, you need a metric socket. i don't remember which size it is tho.

we just call it the inbetween clicky rod that goes on the doo hickey. just to clarify.

I had the same question when I replaced my diff fluid for the first time after buying my car. I looked and looked at it and thought, "Where the hell am I going to find a square inside ratchet?" After careful consideration, and a call to my buddy, I hung up the phone red-faced and went about my business. (I understand and feel somewhat educated now.)

Also you can switch plugs from the metric size to the 3/8ths plug. Same threads.

Heh... you have no idea how many times I've found myself looking at a plug going, "where the hell do you buy a Square Socket Set?...Sunova! Nevermind :wallbash" lol

Cant we just let this thread fall to the bottom of the page? Thats still embarrassing. lol

Never!

but sometimes we gotta remind ourselves how stupid we can be ^^ :D

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

we could make this thread a bit more educational by informing me of the amount of Diff. Lube/fluid/oil used to fill it up, because i really don't know.

Check the FSM. will be there under specifications. I bet the owners manual even has it.

Archive!!!!

Just Kidding. The smart move is to ask. The dumb move is to guess, screw it up strip it out and then come asking for advice.

Somebody needed a tool for a rear end gear oil change?

https://i259.photobucket.com/albums/...n/may24010.jpg

Use enough rear end gear oil to make the oil dribble out the rear end hole after you attached a plastic tube to a 1 liter bottle of gear oil, stuck the other end of the tube in the rear end and put the bottle on the hatch and had a beer.

Man I just love the look of a white FB!!!

white fbs are nice, blue are even nicer.. black are mundane. red looks cool ish

I can just see someone searching all over Google for a special square socket. And being really pissed about not finding it then having his girlfriend or mom or something just say why not use a normal one. haha.

So, do they have 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" ratchets in Japan?

crit, some kind of trivia for you. all ratchets are inch. they never made a metric one, or if they did it would be very similar in size to the inch ones. this is true even in france, where the SI system was invented... funny huh?

actually i'd say that its like 95 percent of all tools with sockets would have an "inch" drive.

they take 1.8 quarts of lube.

Also, make sure you can remove the fill plug before removing the drain plug. Ask me how I learned that one. :wallbash:

also, as a not, there is a breather at the top of the differential. remove it and make sure its clean. if it is gummed up, pressure will increase in the rear end and cause fluid leakage out of the weakest point...which is usually axle seals.

Okay, so how do you remove this breather?