I did drain and fills on the cvt (again), and this time also did the rear differential of my 2016 Honda CR-V yesterday. I even sprayed PB Blaster on the rear dif drain and fill bolts about 2 weeks ago. The drain was a real ☆○# to break loose to say the least. I had to use a 27 inch pipe on a 1/2 in. drive rarchet with a 1/2 to 3/8. Had to use a floor jack to lift the end of the cheater 27 in. pipe to apply enough force to break it loose. It turnd out that that the drain bolt did NOT have a crush washer. Supposably it was changed at the dealer just before I bought the vehicle with 19, 788 Mi on it, and I changed it with 36,725 Mi on it yesterday. So it was a mechanic at the dealership that didn't put the Crush Washer on.
Kind of makes me wonder whether the mechanic at the dealership pocketed that Crush Washer.
At least I had pre-purchased the crush washers for the job.
This is the same dealership that had the lug nuts on the thing so tight that it took all my might with a four-way to break them loose when I bought the vehicle, and the spare tire had 17 pounds of pressure in it. At least I straightened both of those out by just checking things, and not when I had a flat tire someplace, which I haven't had any yet.
Kind of makes me wonder whether the mechanic at the dealership pocketed that Crush Washer.
At least I had pre-purchased the crush washers for the job.
This is the same dealership that had the lug nuts on the thing so tight that it took all my might with a four-way to break them loose when I bought the vehicle, and the spare tire had 17 pounds of pressure in it. At least I straightened both of those out by just checking things, and not when I had a flat tire someplace, which I haven't had any yet.
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