mchilese
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- Tucson, Arizona
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- 1998 XLT 5.0
Hey guys.
Well, like most things, this started out as just an average oil change. This is the first one that I was doing myself. So I got under my truck, and went to put the socket on the drain plug only to find that it's been rounded off. I let it slip twice, and since I didn't want to make a bad sit. worse, called it stopped pulling on it.
Does anyone know how to remove a rounded off bolt? I found this and am thinking about trying it.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4516975_remove-bolt-rounded-head.html
Does anyone have any experience with this problem?
I called Pepboys to see if they would do it. But they said that they would have me sign an authorization form for them to REPLACE my oil pan because he said that 60-80% of the time getting an oil plug out messes up the pan and they have to replace it. I think that's a high enough percentage that they are bullshitting me and would say it got jacked just for the $600-$800 he quoted to replace it.
I don't doubt that they may mess up a bunch of pans getting the plug out, but I figure there might be better ways than apparently trying with a hack-saw.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Well, like most things, this started out as just an average oil change. This is the first one that I was doing myself. So I got under my truck, and went to put the socket on the drain plug only to find that it's been rounded off. I let it slip twice, and since I didn't want to make a bad sit. worse, called it stopped pulling on it.
Does anyone know how to remove a rounded off bolt? I found this and am thinking about trying it.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4516975_remove-bolt-rounded-head.html
Does anyone have any experience with this problem?
I called Pepboys to see if they would do it. But they said that they would have me sign an authorization form for them to REPLACE my oil pan because he said that 60-80% of the time getting an oil plug out messes up the pan and they have to replace it. I think that's a high enough percentage that they are bullshitting me and would say it got jacked just for the $600-$800 he quoted to replace it.
I don't doubt that they may mess up a bunch of pans getting the plug out, but I figure there might be better ways than apparently trying with a hack-saw.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!