Sump Bolt

**feral** · 5th October 2008, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by feral

This is what a mechanic told me what to do if a sump plug is very tight.

The major problem is that you do not have enough force to keep the socket on the plug AND undo at the same time.

The trick is that you use a trolley or bottle jack and set this up underneath the car with your socket, extension bar and breaker bar. You position everything under the sump plug and you literally lift the engine with the socket, breaker bar in place. Now that socket and breaker bar is not going anywhere as it is jammed between jack and sump plug and the added weight of the engine.

Now you just undo the sump plug. It only takes a small crack and she's off.

Works every time apparently

Originally Posted by rovercare

Or just buy some single hex sockets

.......from Supercheap Auto's

Doesn't work every time

**Bush65** · 5th October 2008, 08:15 PM

I'd like to have a set of these for such occasions, but haven't seen any on sale.

**HangOver** · 5th October 2008, 08:59 PM

i just remembered I have a set of spanners that grip on the flat edges of a nut for when the corners are rounded.
They where from supercheap for about $15 i think

**spudboy** · 5th October 2008, 09:10 PM

I've gots meself a set of these from Irwin:
http://www.irwintools.com.au/cdetail.php?cType=p&region=aus&catCode=0&Cat=Bolt-Grip&crumb=<a+href%3Dallproducts.php%3FcType%3Dp>A ll+Products</a>+>>+<a+href%3Dallproducts.php%3FCat%3DTaps%252C% 2BDies%2B%2526%2BExtraction%26crumb%3D%253Ca%2Bhre f%253Dallproducts.php%253FcType%253Dp%253EAll%2BPr oducts%253C%252Fa%253E%26catCode%3D0>Taps,+Dies+%2 6+Extraction</a>+>>+<a+href%3Dallproducts.php%3FCat%3DBolt%2BExt ractors%26crumb%3D%253Ca%2Bhref%253Dallproducts.ph p%253FcType%253Dp%253EAll%2BProducts%253C%252Fa%25 3E%2B%253E%253E%2B%253Ca%2Bhref%253Dallproducts.ph p%253FCat%253DTaps%25252C%252BDies%252B%252526%252 BExtraction%2526crumb%253D%25253Ca%252Bhref%25253D allproducts.php%25253FcType%25253Dp%25253EAll%252B Products%25253C%25252Fa%25253E%2526catCode%253D0%2 53ETaps%252C%2BDies%2B%2526%2BExtraction%253C%252F a%253E%26catCode%3D0>Bolt+Extractors</a>

They were $47 from GasWeld

**spudboy** · 5th October 2008, 09:12 PM

http://www.irwin.dk/imagesPMED/Bolt-Grip_Single.jpg

Bolt-Grip

For the removal of corroded, burred, over-painted, damaged and irregular fasteners. Suits imperial and metric bolt heads. BOLT-GRIP™ sockets can be used with ratchets, impact wrenches, spanners and even VISE-GRIP® locking pliers

**spudboy** · 5th October 2008, 09:13 PM

**spudboy** · 5th October 2008, 09:14 PM

Boy - that was hard work. Excuse the rubbish URL in the first post I tried

I copied and pasted it using Google Chrome, no idea why it's different than IE

**LandyAndy** · 5th October 2008, 09:49 PM

Like the look of that Spudboy

The bolt is a pig to get out because its a steel bolt in an alloy sump.The metals dont like one another and cause the issue.As Rovercare says,a single hex socket will fix it.Allows you to use alot more pain on the lever without rounding the head

Andrew

**Gillie** · 5th October 2008, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by YORKIE

anyway it came out with the help of a FBH!

cheers
yorkie

FBH!

**Yorkie** · 5th October 2008, 10:39 PM

thats the set i got from bunnies, irwin sockets. about $49 for half set which did the job, spend another $49 and you can get the other half

so if anyone needs a lend of them in west sydney get in touch

cheers
yorkie

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