gearbox oil fill - Saxperience

mrrwill · 17th February 2015, 21:11

Alright folks

Changes n/s driveshaft on 52 reg saxo today, didnt drain the oil just caught what came out. Thought it would be 8mm square key to fill the gearbox again, but it wasn't. . Anyone got any idea what size/ tool i need? Couldnt see very well..

Cheers

iSlayeR · 17th February 2015, 21:25

Not 100% sure, but I think you can get the tool from the dealership, however I used a large Allen key and used a grinder to make it square, or if you want to guess how much oil you need, there's a fill hole on top of the gearbox

mrrwill · 17th February 2015, 21:35

Cheers pal.. thinking of filling the hole with bluetac to get a mould then copying into some bar with a grinder like u did with a key.

monka · 17th February 2015, 22:08

halfords do the right size tool, cant say which, buy a few take back the ones that dont fit.

better yet, keep the packaging, clean the one you use up like new, take that back as well. lol

mrrwill · 17th February 2015, 22:24

I tried halfords tonight, the only square driver they had was 8mm which i already have.. is it definitely a square drive like the sump plug? Im sure ive read it somewhere.

chinkostu · 17th February 2015, 23:43

It should be 8mm square unless someones been having fun down there, as all the MA boxes i've touched have been

huliblus · 18th February 2015, 00:07

It definitely is 8mm square key! Just give it a little hammer and it should be fine.

mrrwill · 18th February 2015, 07:29

Cheers, ill take another look this morning. Maybe its just shit up a bit. If not, i was thinking if i measure the oil that ran out when i pulled out the driveshaft, then put the same back in through the breather hole?

mrrwill · 18th February 2015, 12:06

Its an 8mm, it was full of shit so scraped it out and hammered it in. Need to get some new clips for arch liner now. For anyone who's seen any of my other posts, i have finally completed a car repair without breaking anything else

hoorah

huliblus · 18th February 2015, 13:58

Glad to hear you made it.

mrrwill · 18th February 2015, 16:43

Might be a daft question, but can doin driveshaft in any way affect tracking?

jbrady72 · 18th February 2015, 17:05

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Originally Posted by mrrwill

Might be a daft question, but can doin driveshaft in any way affect tracking?

Yes if you mess with the track rod ends. But driveshaft itself, then no

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mrrwill · 18th February 2015, 18:28

I may have, i was wrestling trying to get the ball joint thingy back together for ages was a bitch. Only reason i asked was cos i went round a bend pretty quick n it felt a bit off, me last car did the same n the tracking was out, had it done n that sorted it. Hopefully new wheels at weekend so will sort it then...

axsaxoman · 19th February 2015, 15:19

remove the level plug and fill by pulling off the plastic breather top on top of box and just wait till it comes out of level hole