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Jonny2TG
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Re: Diff oil change Mon, 23 August 2004 13:42 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
I use a 24mm 6 point 1/2" drive socket with a long breaker bar. I hold the socket flat on the plug with one hand, then give the breaker bar a good hit with the other hand. I am hopeing for a crack sound, which you get when you suprise or "crack" a nut off. Then in turns freely. I do this every day.

Do not:
hold the spanner or bracker bar with only one hand, or just at the end and apply constant increasing force. The head of the socket will cock sideways and slip a bit, and you will round off the flats on the plug.

Also, try not to ever use a open ender spanner when using constant increasing force. The flats of the open ender will open up and round off the nut/bolt. You always need to surprise it.
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