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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: jerryp58 on November 14, 2004, 10:35:31 AM
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For those of you who may have seen my transmission thread, you'll know I dropped the trans pan today.
Well, when I removed the drive shaft (DOH! I just realized that I didn't need to remove it, I could have just detached it from the frickin' diff and moved it to the side :-[ D|removethispart|@MN :-[ )... Anyway, now that I dumped most/all of the t-case's gear oil on the garage floor, I can't get the frickin' fill plug off >:(
It would be very bad to drive the vehicle with little to no oil in the t-case, right? The gears (at least for the rear driveshaft) are always turning in there, right?
I think I'm gonna take it to the shop in the AM and get them to break that plug loose :-/
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what have u tried to get it losse? did u hit it with some penetrating lube
id hit it every hr for 6hrs with some PL
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did you try a little heat ?
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There's a fill plug on auto trans? You could always just fill it through the dipstick tube, couldn't ya?
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Take the shifter out and pour it through the top. ;)
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There's a fill plug on auto trans? You could always just fill it through the dipstick tube, couldn't ya?
He's talking about the t case
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He's talking about the t case
Just realized that. :-X
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what have u tried to get it losse? did u hit it with some penetrating lube
id hit it every hr for 6hrs with some PL
I just bought some penetrating fluid today and I was thinking about spraying it down, but I was so disgusted that I just gave up.
Do ya'll just use the end of a 3/8" ratchet on those square holes? I was using a couple of extensions and whacking the ratchet handle with a 2 lb hammer. Didn't budge it >:( I just don't understand how those things get so tight.
I may try it in the AM, but I'm likely just going to take it to the shop. I don't want to end up rounding the plug out, then we're talking welding a nut head on it and more $$$. I think I'll have them put a plug with a square bolt head on it. They did that with the rear diff when I couldn't get that one off. Maybe I'm getting weak in my old age :-/
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did you try a little heat ?
Ya know, I know it's supposed to work pretty well, but I've never tried that on anything. I don't even own a torch (that what ya use, isn't it?). I'd be too worried about setting the gobs of petroleum products down there on fire.
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You could always just fill it through the dipstick tube, couldn't ya?
Yea, that I can get to work. Thank goodness the dipstick isn't bolted on ;)
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Yes 3/8 ratchet, no extension and a
cheater bar (pipe) for more leverage,
if you are using a POS ratchet, be carefull
it doesn't break and you bust your knuckles
Wild
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Yes 3/8 ratchet, no extension and a
cheater bar (pipe) for more leverage,
if you are using a POS ratchet, be carefull
it doesn't break and you bust your knuckles
Wild
I used the extension to get past the t-case skid plate.
Somehow, I thought I had more than one 1/2" to 3/8" reducer, but I found out today that I gave my only reducer to a friend (lives too far away to bring it to me on short notice) so I couldn't use the larger 1/2" ratchet. Actually I think I have a 3/8" that is about 1' long, but for some reason I was using a smaller (7" maybe) 3/8" Craftsman. I don't particularly like its directional switch on it (it seems to switch too easily), but I figure with a lifetime guarantee I could whack it with the 2 lb ;D
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Yes 3/8 ratchet, no extension and a
cheater bar (pipe) for more leverage,
if you are using a POS ratchet, be carefull
it doesn't break and you bust your knuckles
Wild
As an extension to this post: watch out for the ratchets that have rounded edges. I've had the best luck with the ones with sharp edges... otherwise you're liable to round out the hole.
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u can put more force on it with a pipe over the end of the ratchet rather then hitting it with a hammer
the hammer puts force on it but not like a 2' piece of pipe =)
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when I first got my rig and did all the fluid changes I had to use my 3/8 impact on it. Ifyou have one use it, if you don't locate one and use theirs ;)
Brian