stripped drain plug

[DJB]

The transmission drain and fill plugs have pipe threads -- they are tapered. Normally drilling off the head of a bolt relieves the tension and makes the remainder easy to remove. No so here.

I've been able to get a vice grips on the little bit of the plug exposed. You'll need a good quality one so that the jaws don't skew.

Always use a torque wrench to install the plug and you are less likely to have this problem in the future.

[Schniddy]

take it to a mom pop muffler shop have them weld a hex head bolt of 17mm dia into the allen hole on the tranny drain bolt... then put a socket and pull the sucker out... ask me how I know this works

dont wast your time with Midas and those other places. They wont touch a job like this for fear of liability. I found a biker own shop and the guy did it for $15 and only took about 10minutes. they even cleaned the threads afterwards.

I have them do the same on a junkyard exhaust that had a tore up o2 sensor in it. The nut on the sensor was strip so I had them weld a 1/2 dia hex head bolt to the remains of the o2 sensor and was able to take out the nut that way

What do you mean by "dia"?

I've been calling around to have this done and none will do it for a few reasons:

1. oil is weldings worst enemy, even after I told them there isn't any oil around the area.

2. you can't weld aluminum to steel


Is the drain plug aluminum or steal?

thanks
Jon

[Schniddy]

Is there any reason a welder shouldn't want to weld a 17mm nut onto the drain plug??