[Shop-talk] Differential drain plug

[Randall]

> Some place I read that you should use an impact wrench with a tap when
> trying
> to get a broken bolt out.  The reason was that an impact wrench will only
> rotate 7 or 15 det.  Not enough to break the tap.  

IMO, a pipe plug is a different beast in that regard.  A tap is tool steel
or better, and has a good deal of spring to it.  Those pipe plugs are much
softer, and at least in my limited experience, using an impact is almost
guaranteed to twist off the square.

-- Randall