Gearbox Bolt Wont Budge!?!

[silver gts-t]

wanted to replace my gearbox oil last weekend and no go!!

the drain plug wont budge at all.

the actually plug warped a lil instead of turning...

any ideas???

[NXTIME]

Angle grinder

[NFAA32]

How long is your breaker bar? failing to budge it try and use an oxy to heat it up, weve done it many times at work to patrols/navaras and the like, by the way i hope you checked you could get the filler plug open first

[silver gts-t]

Angle grinder

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such a funny guy! lol

[silver gts-t]

How long is your breaker bar? failing to budge it try and use an oxy to heat it up, weve done it many times at work to patrols/navaras and the like, by the way i hope you checked you could get the filler plug open first

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the bar is abou 400mm long and i couldnt move it so i attached a 3ft pipe to the end and thats when the plug warped a lil.

might try the oxy, been a while since ive used one....

the filler plug wont budge either, but i didnt have a decent crack at it, worse comes worse it can be filled from the gear stick im pressuming.

going to put the car on a hoist next week and give it another go.

any other ideas?

[ferni]

momentum, knock at it with momentum.

[NXTIME]

Edited August 22, 2005 by NXTIME

[silver gts-t]

momentum, knock at it with momentum.

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tried that also

[someonestolecc]

Go for a drive first so the gearbox warms up.

Wait for the exhaust to cool down (and hopefully your gearbox will still be warm).

Then get under the car and WHACK it. Whack it reaeaaaal guddd son

Good luck O_o

[Links]

lol cc..

i'd say heating it is good..

worse comes to worse... umm.. buy a new gearbox.. just jokin..

if you can get the drain plug open than yeah you can atleast fill it through the gear stick..

[datsqik]

Weld a bolt onto the square hole then use spanner to undo.

[yogi000]

did ya try a rattle gun???

[Bullant47]

Weld a bolt onto the square hole then use spanner to undo.

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I second this course of attack.

[silver gts-t]

I second this course of attack.

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this is obviously the best way, but a last resort.

ie. i ruin the square hole

[MANWHOR3]

don't use a rattle gun. The stupid servo that I took it to (before I learnt anything about cars) used a rattle gun. the thing is, the head on the gun isn't a perfect sqaure like on the breaker bar. it's a f**ked up smaller rounded shape. They ruined my plug a bit.

those plugs are always a killer to undo. I managed to get mine done without too much cursing or blood on the floor with stand and jack.

when you say you wrecked the plug a bit, that's fine. the plug's dirty, most likely you just scraped a tiny bitta metal off and it looked clean. give it a decent crack on the hoist if you can't on the ground, and next time, don't do it up so tight.