Rear diff plug removal......

[DetroitMuscle]

When a GM rear diff plug( side of the pumpkin) gets stripped out( the head where the 3/8" ratchet goes into....not the threads inside the pumpkin itself) how do you remove them? take apart the diff and go at it from the inside?


I can drill into it, and i do have screw extractors....But none big enough for this hole, and i havnt found big ones anywhere on the shelves.
Ive tried vise grips but that dont work at all( no room or leverage)



Id like to check my diff being I just got the car and the engine was sludged up and black.

[Revolution]

use your smallest screw extractor and work up.

One of the first couple should break it loose but drill out the center of the 3/8 hex.
It should walk out for you.

Use lots of penetrating oil and if it gets stubborn even with the easy out tools.. try a little heat just on the plug itself

Good luck!

[DetroitMuscle]

Ive got acetelene but no oxygen, sucks for me, maybe tomorrow ill get under it sometime and get it out.