Question on refilling gear oil on type 016 manual gearbox

[Marc Swanson]

> So I wanted to make sure my gearbox oil is topped off according to the
> regular maintenance cycle, only I cannot get the darned plug open.
> Is there are special trick to this?
> I see that a 17mm allen wrench is needed (I used a nut inside the plug with
> a socket wrench) but could not get it to budge one bit.

assuming you've got a very good grip with the tool(s) you are using, the
next step is to spray plenty of penetrating oil at it.  try to remove it
again.

If that doesn't help, heat it up nice and hot with a torch and try
again.  Heat does wonders for removing stuck nuts and bolts.

Failing that, get a bigger breaker bar.  I use a piece of galvanized
pipe and slip it over my breaker bar when I need monster amounts of
torque.  Just be careful how you apply force to the bar so that you are
only applying pressure at a 90 degree angle to the bolt or you run the
risk of stripping it.

When you finally get it out, make sure that you clean up the threads and
apply anti-seize so you won't have this problem again :-)


Best Regards

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Marc Swanson, Software Engineer
Sonitrol Communications Corp.
Hartford, CT

Email: mswanson at sonitrol.net
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