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Plumbing advice needed - Update with solution
Posted on 6/28/15 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 6/28/15 at 4:20 pm
Trying to switch out two bathtub faucet stems to stop constant drip. They are older style brass screw in stems. Hot water switched out easily but cold side stem is frozen and the nut stripped and broke. Is there another way to get a brass stem out of the pipe? The messed up old one is shown, as is the replacement.This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 9:13 pm
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Posted on 6/28/15 at 4:22 pm to TBoy
Advice
Posted on 6/28/15 at 4:34 pm to TBoy
quote:
Plumbing adviCe needed
Hire professional>flooding bathroom
Posted on 6/28/15 at 4:43 pm to TBoy
T boy I know a good deal about it and I think your up the creek. If your grabbing with vice grips and can't get it out, your in trouble. You got a trap door for that rascal?
Posted on 6/28/15 at 4:45 pm to TBoy
Sometimes a man has to know his limits and call a plumber.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 4:46 pm to JJBTiger2012
Pb blaster hasn't loosened it and vice grips aren't doing it. As a faucet handle it still functions, so I could leave it for now. I'm curious if a professional could get it.
Sucks because faucet stems and seats is not typically difficult work.
Sucks because faucet stems and seats is not typically difficult work.
This post was edited on 6/28/15 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 6/28/15 at 4:50 pm to TBoy
JB Weld? Whhhhhatcha talkin bout?? My ole step dad has been a plumber for 40 yrs and I guarantee you that he would advice you to change it.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 4:59 pm to JJBTiger2012
Sorry dude, Pb blaster. Got a bit confused in my frustration.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 5:05 pm to TBoy
gotcha. Tell you what T boy, I'm going to pass this along real quick and get a pro opinion. Give me a sec
Posted on 6/28/15 at 5:07 pm to JJBTiger2012
Thanks
Posted on 6/28/15 at 5:15 pm to TBoy
T boy, here's what I got... Spray a lub, make damn sure to let it set, then put a pipe wrench and turn slow. (I'm sure you've done this). It's brass so of course it's very soft.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 5:18 pm to JJBTiger2012
I'm going to spray it a couple times this evening and try to move it in the morning. If it moves, you get full credit.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 5:18 pm to JJBTiger2012
If it's seriously fricked to where you can't grab it at all, then call a plumber. Hopefully it's galvanized back there and not copper.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 5:23 pm to JJBTiger2012
Yep do that bud, he's telling me that it'll do the trick. Good luck
Posted on 6/28/15 at 5:47 pm to TBoy
if there is nothing left to grab, go ahead and either call a plumber or change out the faucet...
if there is some nut left to grab, stop with the vice grips while there is still hope..what you need is the pliers shown in the link below...these are typically used to take studs out of exhaust manifolds and will either get it out or twist it off...
LINK
if there is some nut left to grab, stop with the vice grips while there is still hope..what you need is the pliers shown in the link below...these are typically used to take studs out of exhaust manifolds and will either get it out or twist it off...
LINK
Posted on 6/28/15 at 6:07 pm to TBoy
Cold chisel and ball peen hammer?
Tap tap tap tap till things start to move. If you can get a chisel on it.
Tap tap tap tap till things start to move. If you can get a chisel on it.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 6:12 pm to TBoy
Get some Kroil, spray it on and let it sit for 24 hours or so then try it.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 6:21 pm to TBoy
quote:Hot water on left, cold water on right, shite don't run up hill & pay day is on Friday
Plumbing advice needed
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:01 pm to JJBTiger2012
Here's the update. I sprayed it twice last night and once this morning with pb blaster and tapped around the pipe each time. Came back this evening and the bastard still wouldn't budge. The solution was to hacksaw about two threads off the top of the outside copper pipe and grip just above the top thread of the stem (the inside thread). With all the penetrating oil, and a better grip, it came right out. Then I installed the new stem with some Teflon tape wrap to make a tight seal, and it works like a new faucet.
Thanks for the advice, except the give up advice. I never admit defeat until I've really destroyed something. Then I pay twice as much to get it fixed, and don't mind paying.
-Update
Thanks for the advice, except the give up advice. I never admit defeat until I've really destroyed something. Then I pay twice as much to get it fixed, and don't mind paying.
-Update
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