differential plug removal

Phil Payne phil at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk
Tue Jun 26 08:29:54 EDT 2001


> Hmmmmmm. Although slightly off the wall, how about drilling a hole in the
> plug with a drill bit dipped in grease.  Then use a tapered EZ out bit to
> try and thread it out.  Would not need a welder with this, but alas, ya
> might get some metal shavings in your diff seeing as how most of them do not
> have drain plugs...

Metal shavings in differentials aren't necessarily a major problem - most (all?) of the Audi differentials have magnets mounted internally to catch swarf.



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