Re: removal of axle fill plug

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2009/11/23 12:30:44

I don't know what Packard used specifically. But standard rear axles from Spicer and others, as used in most cars, had pipe plugs. So did manual transmissions.

They have a tapered thread. The more you tighten them the harder they jam and the harder they are to take out. Often they were overtightened to stop leaks.This type plug has no gasket.

The kind with gaskets usually don't jam in that tight, in fact if someone over tightens them they strip out.