rear diff drain and fill plug stripped on Tracker? - F-Body Road Racing and Autocross Forums

So winter is coming around and its time to check on my beater car, a 97 Geo Tracker... Its actually my wife's old car, that she got a few years ago, when we were dating... without consulting me first.. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Anyways, I notice the fill and drain plugs on the rear diff are basically stripped. Its the plugs that take your 3/8" square drive.. Actually, it looks like the previous owner coated the whole rear axle in a thick black coating.. and pretty much sealed and filled up most of the square hole. I can see someone tried to remove the fill plug, and failed, cause there's not much engagement.. and the drain plug looks more like a slight square dimple filled in..

Soo, any suggestions? Level of difficulty? Unfortunantly, I don't have much skills per say in troubles like this.. but I am curious to know and perhaps try.. cause I know one of these days I'll eventually strip/break a bolt off in my Camaro, and this might be a good learning experience...

Ynnek888 View Member Profile	Nov 21 2005, 06:16 AM Post #1
Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 64 Joined: 25-February 04 Member No.: 250	So winter is coming around and its time to check on my beater car, a 97 Geo Tracker... Its actually my wife's old car, that she got a few years ago, when we were dating... without consulting me first.. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Anyways, I notice the fill and drain plugs on the rear diff are basically stripped. Its the plugs that take your 3/8" square drive.. Actually, it looks like the previous owner coated the whole rear axle in a thick black coating.. and pretty much sealed and filled up most of the square hole. I can see someone tried to remove the fill plug, and failed, cause there's not much engagement.. and the drain plug looks more like a slight square dimple filled in.. Soo, any suggestions? Level of difficulty? Unfortunantly, I don't have much skills per say in troubles like this.. but I am curious to know and perhaps try.. cause I know one of these days I'll eventually strip/break a bolt off in my Camaro, and this might be a good learning experience...