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What size socket?
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:44 am
by whoneedsbitumen
fits the diff drain plugs on a 1991 HZJ 75?
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:01 am
by MYTTUF
24mm
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:41 am
by whoneedsbitumen
ok so i got the socket but are the drain and filler plugs usually that dam tight u cant budge them ?
have tried with a bar and both directions (are they left hand thread?)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:47 am
by plowy
24 mm or 15/16 imperial
try to use a single hex socket as a double hex can bur the edges of a tight nut , especially when it slips off the nut or does not have a proper hold on the nut
if the plug is tight you can give it a good smack/ hit with a hammer and jar the tension the plug has
the thread is a standard
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:38 pm
by Shadow
yeh they are a bitch to remove generally.
remember to use impact force, dont just swing off a bar.
If you can get a good bar on it and then hit the bar with a big hammer youl apply a crap load more force than if you are swinging off it.
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:28 pm
by DNA Off Road
Make sure your socket is a tight fit and give it a hit with the rattle gun.
Cheers
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:25 pm
by whoneedsbitumen
Thanks for the help guys ended up taking it out to the in-laws and using there ramp.. amazing how much easier things are when u have standing room under there

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:30 pm
by Dyna Beast
What also is a bugger when removing diff drain plugs is when the protector ring ( if you have one as I do) around the bung has been damaged.Can`t get a socket on,have to first reshape the ring.That earned a few well chosen words.
Cheers
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:04 pm
by bad_religion_au
with the stuffed protector rings, i've found it easier to pullt the bottom most stud and drain it through there