Q: Torque spec for transfer case drain plugs

Any help available?

I'm going to change the fluid Thursday or Friday.

Thanks

Just snug them up, that's all I did when I serviced my Yukon. The plugs are harder than the case they go into. A drain plug is a drain plug is a..............

These NPT drain plugs are as soft as butter....that scares me that the case is even softer.

NPT plugs like this are a pita.

Thanks for your help....I'd still like a torque value if anybody has it.

skimmer

15 foot pounds is probably in the ball park. According to my 2005 Silverado factory shop manual, transfer case drain/fill plug torque specification is 20Nm or 15 lb. ft. for NVG 149-NP3, NVG 246-NP8, NVG 261-NP2, and NVG 263-NP1. Hope this helps.

Okay here ya go per my 1999 GM Yukon factory shop manual.

2 speed auto trac transfer case. Drain plugs are aluminum and case is magnesium. Only aluminum plugs can be used due to corrosion issues. Torque spec is 35 ft. lbs. . Which is snug.........

Thanks everyone. I did this job last week and so far so good. I changed the fluid out to the new blue stuff. I can post the part number if you need it.

On the torque, I finally found two torques listed in my book. One for the B-W and one for the New Venture. I'm pretty sure that the two-speed pushbutton x-fer case is New Venture because the tag said New Process. The torque also showed 35 for the N-V as reported in the other post by repairman.

After two drain and re-fills to get all the old stuff out, I torqued the plugs. I chose my smallest torque wrench and it went only to 250 in-lbs...about 20 ft-lbs. This wrench is about the length of a nice 1/2" drive ratchet. The plug started to show some resistance and started to run out of thread before getting to the 20....so I just stopped. I'll watch for leaks and only tighten it more if I have to. I doubt it will leak or vibrate out. I hope never to take these plugs out again.

35 ft-lbs just seems too tight for such soft materials. I think the number should be closer to the number reported by klutz. That's the one bad thing about old manuals, etc. When GM makes changes, the consumer doesn't get the update. Same thing happened to me on some Ford spark plugs in an aluminum head.

Skimmer