rocknxj
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Clinton, Utah (SLC area)
After a bit of research on this forum, I went to Autozone and purchased a 10mm allen socket to remove my transfer case drain and fill plugs. I positioned my drain tub beneath my transfer case and skid plate, and began removing the drain plug.
The drain plug came right out, but when I tried to remove the fill plug, it would not budge. That was an entirely new experience that I was not expecting. As many people have said on this forum, the plug felt as if it were welded in place. I tried again with my breaker bar, but all I did was round out the 10mm hexagonal hole with the allen wrench.
I felt my world sinking around me. I made another trip to Autozone and purchased a 7/16-9/16" easy out. I drilled a hole in the soft plug, popped in the easy out, and still could not remove the plug.
I now have a rounded out fill plug with a hole in it. Today I will try the next size up easy out and make the hole larger. If that does not work, I will tap a hole in the plug for a threaded bolt, replace the drained oil, and screw in a grade 8 bolt.
Perhaps in the future I can have a guy weld in the bolt and will remove it with that. In this process, I busted my garage door and now I cannot get to my tools easily. My Jeep is down until I fix it, and it will start to rain later today. Crap.
The drain plug came right out, but when I tried to remove the fill plug, it would not budge. That was an entirely new experience that I was not expecting. As many people have said on this forum, the plug felt as if it were welded in place. I tried again with my breaker bar, but all I did was round out the 10mm hexagonal hole with the allen wrench.
I felt my world sinking around me. I made another trip to Autozone and purchased a 7/16-9/16" easy out. I drilled a hole in the soft plug, popped in the easy out, and still could not remove the plug.
I now have a rounded out fill plug with a hole in it. Today I will try the next size up easy out and make the hole larger. If that does not work, I will tap a hole in the plug for a threaded bolt, replace the drained oil, and screw in a grade 8 bolt.
Perhaps in the future I can have a guy weld in the bolt and will remove it with that. In this process, I busted my garage door and now I cannot get to my tools easily. My Jeep is down until I fix it, and it will start to rain later today. Crap.