It has occurred to me that something might be ass backwards here. I have taken notice that in all the documents I have read so far, an O-Ring is specified for the drain plug on the Bevel housing while a crush washer is for the fill/level plug.
Shouldn't it be the other way around?
Every drain plug on every vehicle I have ever owned called for a crush washer. Seems to me, the o-ring is more appropriate for the fill/level plug where there is less chance of leakage anyways.
What say you folks ?!
Bevel drive Crush washer vs O-Ring
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David.
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Re: Bevel drive Crush washer vs O-Ring
No, the design of the two plugs if different.
Drain plug.
Fill plug.
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Re: Bevel drive Crush washer vs O-Ring
Thanks for that David, haven't had to do the oil change yet, so I wasn't aware of the exact design difference in the parts !!
Cheers.
Cheers.