Where did you get tool to open differential fluid plug?

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  • jaydeep
    Wrencher
    • Jun 2011
    • 208

    #1

    Where did you get tool to open differential fluid plug?

    I want to replace Differential fluid & manual tranny fluid. For diff. plug its 14 mm hex socket which I got form Sears is too long. I also went to check at Autozone hex socket is too long. Where did you guys got your hex socket form?
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  • toointoxicated60
    Grease Monkey
    • Sep 2009
    • 355

    #2
    My hex socket doesn't fit with a ratchet behind it.

    So i put a wrench on the hex and use that to turn it.

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    • slammin.e28
      שמע ישראל
      • May 2010
      • 12054

      #3
      Originally posted by toointoxicated60
      My hex socket doesn't fit with a ratchet behind it.

      So i put a wrench on the hex and use that to turn it.
      This this this.
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      • dnguyen1963
        R3VLimited
        • Nov 2011
        • 2648

        #4
        http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-to...set-94961.html

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        • Roysneon
          R3V Elite
          • Apr 2010
          • 4505

          #5
          Or a short 17mm bolt with a couple nuts tightened down on it.
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          • Nick_S
            No R3VLimiter
            • Apr 2011
            • 3656

            #6
            strange, got mine from Autozone and it works just fine.
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            • delatlanta1281
              Dart Master
              • Mar 2006
              • 10317

              #7
              Originally posted by Roysneon
              Or a short 17mm bolt with a couple nuts tightened down on it.
              This is what I use, except I heated it an bent it to a right angle.
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              • dougie30
                E30 Mastermind
                • Apr 2012
                • 1708

                #8
                i had to use a breaker bar on mine, it was tight but it worked
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                • whterice
                  Wrencher
                  • Jan 2009
                  • 258

                  #9
                  I have actually never had this problem. I switch diffs so often I just change fluid when it is out of the car.

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                  • Ryann
                    No R3VLimiter
                    • Mar 2010
                    • 3350

                    #10
                    Cut the tip of your socket down.

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                    • squidmaster
                      R3VLimited
                      • Aug 2011
                      • 2666

                      #11
                      autozone (or maybe advance auto) had one.

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                      • mccor023
                        Mod Crazy
                        • Jul 2011
                        • 683

                        #12
                        I ordered one from Turner, and when I got it was the wrong size!
                        I love that people ask stupid questions so I dont have.

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                        • LJ851
                          R3V OG
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 7918

                          #13
                          For large allens in tight spaces i usually end up cutting an inch or so off the long side of an allen wrench, inserting it in the plug and putting a box end wrench on it. Thats only if none of my allen sockets work, though.
                          Lorin


                          Originally posted by slammin.e28
                          The M30 is God's engine.

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                          • F34R
                            sLaughter
                            • May 2009
                            • 12385

                            #14
                            I use 3/8 allen sockets, the Craftsman fits with a ratchet behind it.
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                            • Click
                              Mod Crazy
                              • Feb 2010
                              • 637

                              #15
                              I don't remember having an issue with the diff, I might have pulled the wrench on socket trick as stated above and all my stuff is craftsman. I DO remember having to saw my craftsman hex socket shorter to fit the fill plug on the trans however.
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