i need to change the tranny oil. how do you get the drain bolt off?? its not a hex bolt...what the heck is it? thanks!!

 

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[Modified by GSRrR, 8:50 PM 11/15/2002]


[Modified by GSRrR, 8:54 PM 11/15/2002]

 

I thought it was the 1/4 inch rachet

 

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you mean just use the wrench?? but how do you tq it back down?...juts use the tq wrench without a socket? my i have a pretty expensive tq wrench and i dont really wnat to use it without a socket. there has to be a socket for this.

 

yes you just tq it down with your tq wrench without the socket. If you dont want to use it just tighten it normally without it and make sure it is tight.

remember. the drain bolt is not the same as the filler bolt.

 

yes i know. thanks but, what im saying is there has to be a socket for the drain bolt. i went to sears, HD, and lowes....and it yielded nothing!!!! there has to be some kind of socket for it.....its not a hex so what is it called?? thanks all!!


[Modified by Art Vandeleigh, 4:59 AM 11/16/2002]

 

just go buy the 12 point socket set and start trying them

 

I used the rachet with a 1/4 3inch extension and it worked perfect. Just make sure you can get off the fill bolt before taking off the drain bolt. My fill bolt was tiiite as hell and I had to take it to a local shop to have them put it on a lift and loosen it a little before I was able to change the fluid.

 

its a 3/8" rachet. No socket.

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[Modified by GSRrR, 9:01 PM 11/15/2002]

 

You need a torque wrench for tightening that? why?

I seemed to get mine plenty tight without stripping it, with just a socket wrench.

 

I used a huge breaker bar to break that bolt open

 

just to make sure its not too tight or too loose...im just **** like that.

well thanks all, it looks like the consensus is..no socket. thanks again all!!!!

 

No socket needed. Just make sure you have a 3/8" head rachet and use it w/o any sockets. Just stick the rachet head in the drain bolt indentation.

 

FYI- 3/8" square drive

i spent an awful lot on my tools and just using the ratchet without a socket gives me the heebeegeebeessssssss

does anyone knwo where i can get this socket?? like i said before i went to sears, HD and lowes but they did have anything...only hex sockets.

 

we a set of snap-on's that have the right socket, but theres' really no reason to get them. A socket is a tool the same as the actual rachet. You are using your tools even if you don't use a socket.

 

Why not just use a short 3/8" drive extension (basically the same concept as a socket)

 

To make it real simple, just put a short 3/8 extension on your torque wrench and plug that directly into the plug. No socket needed. Can't get any simpler. Just like the fill plug on the pumpkin of an old chevy rear end.

 

yes you are all right. i feel like an idiot for thinking of it before i posted this thread. i could have just used a 3/8" extension.... on me. thats why i love this place

 

what the ****? you don't need an extension, you don't need a socket. The square peg goes in the square hole... 3/8" drive ratchet.... put it in the hole ...

sack-who wonders why this thread is so long

 

lol....I was thinking the same thing. I do trannys all day long with just my ratchet.

 

I understand that tools can be very expensive. Even so, if you're so protective of your nice tools that you won't use them for their intended purpose (3/8" drive ratchet head on the tranny drain bolt), then what are you going to do when a job calls for you to use your tools for an UNintended purpose (using a ratchet handle the we-todd way to separate the ball joint; or whaling on your ratchet handle with a BFH to loosen a tough bolt; or hammering on a smaller socket to loosen a stripped bolt). IMO, you will not fully appreciate your purchase until really USE your tools.

 

If your tools were really that nice they'd have a lifetime warranty


[Modified by sackdz, 11:11 AM 11/16/2002]

 

Well, most of my tools are Craftsman. They're not what I'd call "high quality," but if I break one, I can return it at the local Sears. That's important to me.

 

My spoon drain plug has a hex head