lube drain nut HEX tool!!! 4kq

[Dr. Ian McArthur]

Whet we did was buy a very short 17mm bolt and matching nut.  We screwed the
two together very tightly with a BIG socket and handle.  Then you can stick
the bolt head into the drain plug and turn on the nut.

This has worked every time but once.  Some one tightened the drain plug so
tight that the nut / bolt 'unscrewed' before the drain plug loosened.  So we
had the nut / bolt welded together.

One caution:  always make sure you loosen the FILLER plug first to make sure
you can get it out.  It's a real pain to remove the drain plug and drain the
fluid and then find out you can't get the filler plug out.

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Aaron Ryba
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 4:28 PM
To: quattro list
Subject: lube drain nut HEX tool!!! 4kq


I recently went to drain and refill the center and
rear diff lube on my 87 4kcsq and was surprised that
the drain and full plugs are actually threaded worm
nuts (female).

It looks as if I would need fairly large HEX drive
bits to take them out, (24 mm or so!) using a drive.
The rear fill looks a bit smaller than the rear drain.

Can anyone give me some advice on where to get these
tools, no luck with craftsman.

TIA

Aaron Ryba
87 4kcsq 112k


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