Tool need for rear axle gear oil change
02-16-09, 10:35 PM
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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.)
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02-17-09, 11:56 PM
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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
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02-18-09, 09:03 PM
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Somebody needed a tool for a rear end gear oil change?
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.
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.
02-19-09, 01:16 AM
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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.
02-19-09, 03:16 AM
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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.
actually i'd say that its like 95 percent of all tools with sockets would have an "inch" drive.
02-19-09, 09:26 AM
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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.