Timeline for Unable to remove push-pull stopper from tub drain
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| Apr 20, 2020 at 12:57 | comment | added | valverij | Turns out the clog was further down (plastic drain stick was coming up clean), so I removed the cap to the overflow drain and sent the drain snake down there. Thanks for the help, though. If I ever need to actually remove this, I think I'll take your suggestion of removing it via the access panel/pipes. Once that things out though, it's getting replaced with a stopper that makes sense. | |
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| Apr 14, 2020 at 21:51 | comment | added | Programmer66 | If just that part is spinning, just pull straight up on the popper, The ball bearing should depress inward, and the assembly should come up. Also try pusing against the bearing with a tool, while pulling up. Works like a suitcase handle with the ball indention that holds the handle in place. Press the ball, and the handle/stem is released. | |
| Apr 14, 2020 at 21:41 | comment | added | valverij | Interesting. We do have an access panel in the hallway that gives us access to the pipes, we could definitely remove the whole thing. And I apologize, when I said "whole assembly" I meant the stopper and the stem it's attached to, not the base itself. That's still solidly in the tub. Still, we might be at the point where we just take the whole thing out like you suggested. | |
| Apr 14, 2020 at 19:06 | history | edited | Programmer66 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 14, 2020 at 18:57 | comment | added | Programmer66 | This is a bathtub correct? Do you have access underneath? It appears the retaining nut for the assembly has loosened. If you have assess, you can disconnect the drain from the down sprout and spin the retaining nut off to remove the whole assembly. | |
| Apr 14, 2020 at 17:23 | history | edited | Programmer66 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 14, 2020 at 15:14 | comment | added | valverij | The entire assembly rotates, it isn't fixed in place. If I gripped anything with channel locks, it'd have to be the stem itself. The opening is too narrow to get anything with a good grip down there, though. | |
| Apr 14, 2020 at 5:46 | history | answered | Programmer66 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |