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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 10:43 PM
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The drain on the 09 coupe rear diff appears right in the middle of the cross member and does not appear to be enough clearance to get a hex or allen wrench in there. Even if I could squeeze one in there from an angle, once I started backing the drain plug out I would never be able to get it out after a few turns. Anyone know right off hand what size this allen/hex is? Any help on this would be great.
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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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search is your friend

dont know if all diffs have same size but a search turned up 10mm
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...rain-plug.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...rain-plug.html
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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by FedAppLawCtr
The drain on the 09 coupe rear diff appears right in the middle of the cross member and does not appear to be enough clearance to get a hex or allen wrench in there. Even if I could squeeze one in there from an angle, once I started backing the drain plug out I would never be able to get it out after a few turns. Anyone know right off hand what size this allen/hex is? Any help on this would be great.
It looks tight but it's actually not a problem.
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