I need your help......please

 

Diamond Member
Username: Bestmankind

Post Number: 22274
Registered: Oct-05
ok i did something stupid saturday.

i was going to oil change my car. the socket wrench was too long so it didn't fit the oil drain plug right but i tried anyways. i ended up rounding it.

so i went to sears and bought a vice grip and tried it. i ended up rouding it even more.

is there a tool i can use that will grip the bolt? there isn't much clearance so i can't use pipe wrench or anything big like that.

its a 17mm bolt.
 

Gold Member
Username: Big_edge_head

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Post Number: 2648
Registered: Mar-07
Damn Chad lol. Well, my first thought was use a vice grip but then saw you tried. Getting it off is what you gotta worry about. You can just buy another plug.
 

Diamond Member
Username: Bestmankind

Post Number: 22276
Registered: Oct-05
i already bought another plug. lol.

i guess what i really want to know is do those special socket sets really work?

something like this.

Upload
 

Gold Member
Username: Big_edge_head

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Post Number: 2649
Registered: Mar-07
Never used them. Mine as well try it out. You could ask a shop for their suggestions too, since they've probably run into problems like that before.
 

Gold Member
Username: Drant19

DUB-C, TX

Post Number: 1221
Registered: Aug-07
take it to like autozone or something, whenever my dad stripped a few bolts they got it off.
 

Gold Member
Username: Loc_out

SOCAL2 RE 15 XXX

Post Number: 2479
Registered: Feb-05
Take it to a shop
 

Gold Member
Username: Nd4spd18

Northwest PA

Post Number: 8421
Registered: Jul-06
You should be able to get it off with the damaged bolt remover or something along those lines...... but an oil plug really shouldn't be very tight to begin with.
 

Diamond Member
Username: Bestmankind

Post Number: 22277
Registered: Oct-05
yeah i know M.S.

looks like ima have to buy one of those bolt removers.

stupid jiffy lube. i am never going there. not only did they make the bolt too tight, they didn't put a washer on it. i mean a washer is like 30cents. you live and learn i guess.
 

Gold Member
Username: Van_man

Boston South, MA

Post Number: 4278
Registered: Mar-06
hammer a 16mm onto it.
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