RSQ911

Greetings all:

Went to change my oil on my 99 c2, and the rest is like in the other thousand threads.

I did the previous one, and did everything to the letter: 37 ft lbs, crush ring, etc....

Tried the screw extractors, #5 cut down, a #6, and no luck. Cannot fit a 10mm on it, yet lol!

I guess it is off to my Indy.

If I am missing something, I am all ears.

Thanks,
Paul

kromdom

EDIT: was not paying attention earlier.....you are trying to remove the plug, not fix a stripped hole

JayG

time for a new sump pan

RSQ911

I think that I am not getting enough "bite" from the extractors, and I hope I don't have to get a pan.......

I did order/get a new drain plug from Parts Heaven, and it is steel, stainless maybe.

Shaker 996

Same thing with me last month and was stumped for a few days. Extractor did not work. Finally pounded a 12 star bit (think it was M8 or M10) into the stripped hex hole and it grabbed and the plug came out!

5CHN3LL

If you know anyone who does aluminum welding, have him weld a bit of dowel to the plug and use vise-grips to back it out...

Shouldn't cost you more than a six-pack.

fpb111

this

ChicagoSpeed996

Or you can use a dremel tool to cut a deep, slot and use a flat head impact driver to back it out.

Chiamac

Can also put some of this in along with that - http://www.summitracing.com/parts/pt...FZGJaQodwlYH0A

Helps make things grab a little bit better.


I bet a person could carefully drill a hole in there and use a extractor - http://www.amazon.com/piece-Easy-Scr.../dp/B0002UJNWE

I think this may be a better first try than cutting in a slot, and if it fails you still have the slot as an option.

Although at that point with drilling and slotting I'd more than likely want to drop the pan and take care of it on a bench.

GetBoosted

Make sure you use penetrating oil. Let it sit for a day w/ a good Kroil's oil or PB Blaster.

Then after that I will first try an extractor. Pound it one w/ a reasonable amount of force if necessary (depends on the bolt & what you are banging on of course). Then try it.

If that doesn't work, or it clips the top of the bolt head off then I take more drastic steps. Then I will go ahead & weld on a nut to the top of the bolt & use that to back the bolt out.

Going that route has never failed me yet even with heavy heat applications like turbo & manifold bolts on any car I've touched.

Good luck!

alpine003

Stories like these make JI's $350 oil changes with hot baristas more appealing to some by the minute...

Chiamac

williamr91

^lmao

mharrison

I had a similar problem on a previous car. I filed down the next larger size Allen wrench a bit and hammered it into the plug. I was finally able to remove it this way.

RSQ911

Everyone, thank you!

I did not try the penetrating oil, yet.

With the steel plug, I would assume to use anti-seize on the threads and less torque, correct?