Idk why the plugs were loose. don't remember ever doing those, and if I did you'll probably be looking for ways to impact them out too, lol.
If oxy is involved you just heat the ears on the flange where the bolts go thru, no need to get crazy destructive. If you wrap the plastic dust shield in front of the pinon seal with some heaeader wrap and cover that with some steel (alu will melt) sheetmetal to deflect the flame away, there's a good chance it will survive just fine (think electrical wires in vicinity of turbochargers, it works).
Also you can actually use an impact there - lift the ass end of the car high enough and support by the frame to allow for axle to drop as low as the shocks will let it, this gives the driveshaft just enough of an angle that in you rotate it so you have a bolt straight up top, straight down bottom, and straight left and right, you can barely sneak in a socket onto the lowest bolt and impact it out. Yes splitting the 12-point socket is a concern indeed, but most any US-made sockets should be able to handle that use if one is gentle with the trigger.
If oxy is involved you just heat the ears on the flange where the bolts go thru, no need to get crazy destructive. If you wrap the plastic dust shield in front of the pinon seal with some heaeader wrap and cover that with some steel (alu will melt) sheetmetal to deflect the flame away, there's a good chance it will survive just fine (think electrical wires in vicinity of turbochargers, it works).
Also you can actually use an impact there - lift the ass end of the car high enough and support by the frame to allow for axle to drop as low as the shocks will let it, this gives the driveshaft just enough of an angle that in you rotate it so you have a bolt straight up top, straight down bottom, and straight left and right, you can barely sneak in a socket onto the lowest bolt and impact it out. Yes splitting the 12-point socket is a concern indeed, but most any US-made sockets should be able to handle that use if one is gentle with the trigger.
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