314 hydro drain stripped

[welderman85 53]

hi i went to change the hydro fliud in the 314 i picked up a while back and the allen wrench drain was stripped out. what is the best corse of action to fix this. thanks

[groundhog47 347]

Are the threads stripped or the wrench whole wollered out? If the wrench hole and an easy out/extractor won't work, think of brazin' or tack weld a wrench to plug, but just a light tack or braze. Am sure that fluid won't tolerate much heat and don't know about inards. If it sticks out enough to cut a cross slot go that route with a big blade and wrench (had to take off lug nuts like that once), may have to use sumptin' like a dremel 'cause prob not very much room. If threads, plug or case. If plug replace with equal.

If all fails don't give up. Good luck

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,547]

Maybe tack weld a 5/16ths or 3/8ths nut to it and then back it out with a wrench.

Mike..........

[Wheel-N-It 2,969]

I had this problem with a wheel horse once. Weld a bolt (not a nut) to the plug. then back it out with a wrench. Replace the steel plug with a brass one. you may occasionally have a little drip of fluid under the brass plug as for some reason they don't seal quite as well as steel but next year when you go to change your fluid the brass plug will easily come out.

[welderman85 53]

Ground hog the hex Allen key is stripped I might try to weld a bt but theres not alot to weld to would an easy out work I didn't get a good look at it I will inspect better tonight

[Trouty56 567]

I got lucky and tapped a wide blade screwdriver in one and used a wrench on the shaft...it had six sides so a wrench fit the shaft.

[sorekiwi 761]

I'd probably stay away from an ez-out at this stage.

The main issue with these is that the hex gets full of dirt and crud, then someone puts the allen wrench in only half way and strips out the hex. People need to clean out all the crap first so the wrench will go all the way in.

I have read somewhere that someone managed to beat a Torx bit into the hex, and it gripped enough to get the plug out.

Persnally I think I would try to beat an allen wrench in there as far as i could, and then weld the allen wrench to the plug.

Good Luck!!

[Don1977 604]

If you weld something to the plug give it time to cool before trying to remove it.

[SousaKerry 502]

As a last resort you can drill it out and retap the hole. Before that you could drill a smaller hole in the center and try an ez-out but the big problem is the shavings getting into the oil.

Another trick is using a hammer and a punch. First try putting the allen wrench in and use a hammer and punch to stake the metal back around the wrench. If that fails use the hammer and punch to drive the plug in a counter clockwise direction I have used this method with limited success on broken taps.

[groundhog47 347]

Ground hog the hex Allen key is stripped I might try to weld a bt but theres not alot to weld to would an easy out work I didn't get a good look at it I will inspect better tonight

If the whole is deep enough and have an adequate sized one it might work, the members sayin' weld a nut or bolt is a great also!

[jeremi3210 735]

I pounded in a torx bit into mine to get it out

[can whlvr 993]

i cut an easy out to fit one once,if you cut the tip off it will then grab,i used a cheap one from china so i didnt wreck a good set

[TT-(Moderator) 1,145]

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