Drain the Oil from the Axel Case

• 1). Drive your Corvette for about ten minutes so the oil can warm slightly. This makes it drain better. You must drive around because the wheels' turning is what will cause the oil to warm. Idling won't do this.
  
  
• 2). Lift the Corvette up off of the ground. The car must be level while you change the rear axle oil. Back up onto ramps and engage the parking brake. Place large wooden blocks in front of the front tires. Jack up the front of the Corvette using a floor jack. Stabilize the front using jack stands. Place them into the jack notches on the under body directly behind the front tires.
  
  
• 3). Look on the rear axle for the axle case. You will notice two plugs on the passenger side of the axle case. One is located underneath the case. The other is on the side of the case. The one on the bottom is the drain plug, and the one on top is the fill plug.
  
  
• 4). Place large piece of cardboard on the ground directly under the axle case plugs. Put a drain pan on top of the cardboard to catch the oil that will drain from the case.
  
  
• 5). Remove the fill plug. Remember that this is the plug on the side of the case. Use a 10mm Allen wrench to loosen the drain plug. Once it is loose, use a 3/8 swivel arm socket wrench to completely remove it. Some oil may drain out while you are removing the fill plug. Put the plug in a safe place.
  
  
• 6). Loosen and remove the drain plug in the same way you did with the fill plug. The drain plug is the plug underneath the axle case. When this plug is removed, the oil will flow out of the case freely. Allow all of the oil to drain from the case. This will take at least three hours. Once the flow of oil slows to a trickle, you can continue.
  
  
• 7). Clean the axle case plugs and the area that each fits into using a clean shop rag. Replace the drain plug. You can do this using a torque wrench, or you can do this by hand using your socket set. If you use a torque wrench, you need to tighten the plug to 26 pounds per foot. If you tighten by hand, you should tighten until the plug is secure. Over tightening can cause the axle case to crack.
  
  

Refill the Axel Case With Oil

• 1). Add Dextron LS Gear Oil 75W-90 to the fill hole using an after market fill tube that you can buy at your local auto parts store. Screw the connector onto the bottle of oil. Insert the open end of the tube into the fill hole. Squeeze the bottle to get the oil into the axle case. Your Corvette needs about two quarts of oil in the rear axle case. You should have three quarts on hand as it is difficult to get all of the oil out of the bottle. More than likely, you will spill some.
  
  
• 2). Replace the fill plug once the case is full of oil. You will notice oil dripping out when the case is full. You will have to tighten this plug using your 3/8 swivel arm socket wrench. The torque wrench is too large to fit on the side of the axle case.
  
  
• 3). Remove the jack stands. Lower the front of the car using the floor jack. Remove the wooden blocks from in front of the tires. Release the parking brake and drive off of the ramps.
  
  
• 4). Drive your Corvette in eight to ten tight figure eights as soon as possible. This distributes the oil evenly around the system.