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kilword1 · 02-23-2005, 10:35 AM

any ideas to get a bolt loose thats beyond stuck....
its my tranny tranny drain plug...
ultimate wretches have been used different oil places and shops have tried...
they even tried using a torch to soften it....nothing
any suggestions?

chrispy · 02-23-2005, 11:21 AM

Mine was stuck on there pretty good, too. I just put a 4 foot metal pipe on the end of my breaker bar and it came off like nothing.

kilword1 · 02-23-2005, 11:24 AM

they tried the metal pipe.....nothing... its a little worn also
but not completly...

kandyflip445 · 02-23-2005, 01:08 PM

Did you heat it till it was red hot, THEN let it cool of and take it out?

citizen · 02-23-2005, 01:58 PM

tranny plugs come torqued from the factory at like 3000ft/lbs. DAMN YOU NISSAN!!!! DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!!1 ><

Bone · 02-23-2005, 02:03 PM

heat around it not the plug itself. Metal expands when its hot contracts when its cold. So best case heat the tranny around the plug put some dry ice on the plug (not long you just want it cooler than the tranny around it) and then use a pipe

EchoOfSilence · 02-23-2005, 02:33 PM

try to torque it shut to break the seal then torque the other way to have it come off

kandyflip445 · 02-23-2005, 02:37 PM

...the reason you heat the plug itself is to get rid of any loctite that may be on it. If it's the red kind it won't break down till it hits 400*.

02-23-2005, 10:35 AM	#1
kilword1 Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: bay area,CA Posts: 125 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	super stuck bolt...help! any ideas to get a bolt loose thats beyond stuck.... its my tranny tranny drain plug... ultimate wretches have been used different oil places and shops have tried... they even tried using a torch to soften it....nothing any suggestions? __________________

02-23-2005, 11:24 AM	#3
kilword1 Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: bay area,CA Posts: 125 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	they tried the metal pipe.....nothing... its a little worn also but not completly... __________________

02-23-2005, 01:08 PM	#4
kandyflip445 Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Arden, NC Age: 40 Posts: 4,460 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: kandyflip445 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Did you heat it till it was red hot, THEN let it cool of and take it out? __________________ My 240 vBgarage

02-23-2005, 02:33 PM	#7
EchoOfSilence Nissanaholic! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles/Berkeley, CA Posts: 2,238 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	try to torque it shut to break the seal then torque the other way to have it come off __________________ Petition Nissan to Make the IDx on http://IDxClub.co !

02-23-2005, 02:37 PM	#8
kandyflip445 Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Arden, NC Age: 40 Posts: 4,460 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: kandyflip445 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	...the reason you heat the plug itself is to get rid of any loctite that may be on it. If it's the red kind it won't break down till it hits 400*. __________________ My 240 vBgarage

02-23-2005, 11:21 AM	#2
chrispy Zilvia Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 194 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Mine was stuck on there pretty good, too. I just put a 4 foot metal pipe on the end of my breaker bar and it came off like nothing.

02-23-2005, 01:58 PM	#5
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	tranny plugs come torqued from the factory at like 3000ft/lbs. DAMN YOU NISSAN!!!! DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!!1 ><

02-23-2005, 02:03 PM	#6
Bone Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 337 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	heat around it not the plug itself. Metal expands when its hot contracts when its cold. So best case heat the tranny around the plug put some dry ice on the plug (not long you just want it cooler than the tranny around it) and then use a pipe