That's a good idea... I tried beating on it and pulling to the point I thought I was going to break the housing. Not sure what sealant Subaru uses on those threads but it sure does work! LOL
its rather critical you use a 13mm drive tool and not a 1/2" breaker bar with no attached bit, it will round out the plugs.
remove the upper, fill plug first. If you get the drain plug out and can't get the fill plug out you can't get any gear oil in, and can't drive the car.
for a REALLY stubborn plug, heat the general area around the plugs with a gas torch for 30-45 seconds then hit just the plug with a can of compressed air upside down so it squirts out liquid co2. this will freeze the plug, causing it to contract rapidly and brake the bond to the aluminium plate.
I'm not saing you should use a 1/2" but if you don't impact it, the 1/2" won't round out the square in the plug. Slow hard pull with the vehicle up on ramps. I am 65 and weigh 140 and with a breaker bar irt wasn't that difficult. I have removed 2 on 2 new subarus.
I put my 1/2 breaker bar in it and used my jack to lift of the bar. It actually began to pick the car up a little before it finally popped. If you need any help, I think I'm probably pretty local to you.
3/4 drive 24" ratchet with a reducer to 1/2 and used a little shim stock to take up the gap. Put the rachet on and then used a jack to lift the ratchet. It started to pick up the car then finally the plug gave way.
I was kinda bummed that after 140k and obviously no fluid change, the rear diff fluid came out in pretty good shape and not much metal dust on the magnet. Now it's good for the remainder of it's life!
What a PITA!
I used a 1/2 drive ratchet and lined up the ratchet so that I could get my hands around both the ratchet handle and around one of the lateral link so that I could simply start closing my hands together, and pull the ratchet towards the lateral link, and thus undo the drain plug. Worked like a charm!
Where can you buy 13mm diff socket? I went to autozone and sears no luck I searched internet and obviously dont know proper name and cannot find...
I have a 3/8 ratchet and bought the 1/2 adapter.. I have not tried using it yet but would like to buy the real deal if any one has a part number or link that sells em thanks
If I just bought a 56,000 Forester and I instructed the dealer to change all fluids as part of the 60,000 service that was part of the deal, I can assume they had no trouble with this issue.
If I just bought a 56,000 Forester and I instructed the dealer to change all fluids as part of the 60,000 service that was part of the deal, I can assume they had no trouble with this issue.
You can assume that but it should be listed on the invoice...other than "Changed all fluids"
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