hariku821

I have pmed a few ppl and they said all i needed was the basic ratchet and sockets.. i got under my car and my basic ratchet and socket is to fat to fit on the difs fill bolt. do i need some kind of low profile ratchet? What size is the bolt exactly? i was getting a 15/16 socket to fit it but the wrench i have that size seemed to just keep slipping and it was going to strip the bolt so i stopped.

s2k aok

i want to say 23mm and 24mm.

s2k aok

i use a socket on the bottom and a wrench on the aft facing plug...

ROTFLMAO

The fill bolt uses 23mm and the drain is 24mm. I use a 23mm socket on the fill bolt. I cut mine using a dremel so that it can fit it with my torque wrench. Good luck.

JWN6264

use a box wrench on the fill - there should be enough room to fit one

vincewchan

that's correct

vollrathian

i just did this ^^^ they are right

ROTFLMAO

Yeah. The box wrench will let you access the fill bolt. Use a torque wrench on the drain though since it is probably more important to have the proper torque there because there is less of a chance of a leak from the fill bolt. But if you are anal like me, then I recommend proper torque on the fill as well. The only way you can do that is to use a low profile 23mm socket, or cut a standard 23mm socket like I did.

Neutered Sputniks

crows foot could work as well

vtec9

Torque wrench on the drain bolt, box wrench on the fill bolt. sizes mentioned above. Torque the drain bolt (I want to say 31ft-lb, but it might be 29), then use muscle memory to try and torque the fill bolt to the same number. It is NOT critical that you torque this 100% accurately, but you just don't want to over torque it too much. Slightly undertorquing is ok.