On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:45:28 -0500, Doug Miller
wrote:

On 12/29/2011 4:20 PM, Steve Barker wrote:
On 12/29/2011 9:16 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
On 12/29/2011 1:22 PM, Steve Barker wrote:
On 12/29/2011 7:01 AM, Jim Yanik wrote:
"J. wrote in
in.local:


These days? I broke two of them removing the oil drain plug on my
1980 Honda, before I finally got an impact socket for it (note--I
wasn't using an impact driver, just a breaker bar).

amazing that you didn't tear the threads out of the pan instead of
breaking
a socket. SOMEbody shoulda been using a torque wrench on that plug.
Probably needed a new crush washer too,so it would not need to be
tightened
so tight to prevent leaking.



LMMFAO!! a torque wrench on a drain plug!! oooooooo kayy.

Yes, to prevent overtightening.

Let me guess: you use an impact wrench.


no, dougy, having done about 40,000 oil changes, i tend to know how to
tighten a drain plug. Thanks for playing!

You and about ten thousand other monkeys in service stations around the
nation, stevie. Every used car that I've ever bought has had the drain
plug vastly over-tightened by some ham-fisted clown like you who thinks
that he knows "how to tighten a drain plug."

Same here. I don't use one anymore, because I've developed a good feel
for it. But I did for years.

I can't think of any time I've loosened a drain plug that some "pro"
tightened that wasn't tightened beyond all sense or responsibility.
Likewise, I've *watched* those clowns smear used motor oil on filter
gaskets, which then need a chain wrench to remove when you take them
off. I will NOT let anyone near that drain plug or filter anymore.

Don't get me started about the guy who was mounting new tires for me
at Sears, who I caught using an O/A torch on one of my lug nuts. That
cost them a whole new brake hub, and I had to threaten them with
court.

--
Ed Huntress