Front diff drain plug seized

Anyone have some thoughts or experience with the seized front diff drain plug? Also part numbers for the Lexus bolt style drain plug to replace once or if I can get this one off? Thanks in advance

 

Been there, done that. Grip edge RPT and a breaker bar removed my stripped plug. I also put the Lexus plug in but don’t have the part number handy.

 

Thank you just ordered some grip edge 1/2 in drive. I will see if this works or not and I’ll have to look around either for the Lexus plug or put a new Toyota one back on just to replace the damaged one

 

https://www.tundras.com/threads/upgrades-for-the-front-differential-fill-drain-bolt-plugs.116376/

 

Just did mine. Allen, breaker bar, pipe for leverage, hammer......Finally broke free and replaced it with the Lexus plug..

 

With owning this truck for about 6 months now, And dealing with broken, seized and galled bolts unlike any Toyota I've ever owned before, I'm beginning to think this seized bolt thing is an intentional, planned issue, adding future sales of new toyotas to the mix.

 

Make sure you can get the fill plug off first before the drain plug, if you haven’t tried yet

 

Will do.
I figured Id take my electric heat gun which can get up,to 1000 *f will be before I make any attempt at spinning the plug.

Might weld a nut on it when I got it out, or find an upgrade.

Thats "if" i can get it out

 

PB blaster should help. My rear differential plug was tight and PB blaster helped free it with a breaker bar.

 

Heat it and shock it with a hammer. Worked great on bolts torqued to 1200 lbs ft and red loctited. Don't go crazy, use your calibrated hammer.

 

Let you know how it goes

 

Heat and just a little hammer. Just don't clobber it, the housing is casted.

 

This☝. PB Blaster does wonders. Works on either diff plug. I would try this before hammering on anything.

 

Real men use Kroil....Lol

 

I couldn’t get mine off once even using my feet on a breaker bar. Put my tail between my legs, and took it down to the Dealership. Tech called me back once up on lift to show me what they do to loosen it. Took a club hammer (small flat faced sledge hammer), and pounded it square on the plug a few times (hard). Came right out.

 

I believe I have the items along with a new oem drain and fill plugs with crush washers since no luck in finding the Lexus plugs local to me. Will let y’all know how this goes in the next few days.

 

So unfortunately I couldn’t get the drain plug off so I used my drill powered fluid transfer and sucked the old fluid out and replaced with new fluid with a new fill plug and washer.

 

"Patience you must have my young Padawan."

 

Haha i was tempting to use a cold chisel but was worried of doing more damage to the actual diff.