Timeline for Removing kitchen sink strainer with no lock nut and no threads,, only thumb screws and a metal ring
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| Aug 6, 2021 at 12:50 | answer | added | jay613 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 7:01 | history | bumped | CommunityBot | This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed. | |
| Jul 7, 2021 at 6:38 | answer | added | flipsyde98 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 6, 2021 at 20:30 | comment | added | flipsyde98 | Thank you, but I've already removed the thumb screws prior to posting this and the metal ring was already jammed in the crooked position by the original person who installed it. Even with the thumb screws removed, the ring would not budge or rotate. The entire strainer does rotate, as the putty and gasket seal will have then be broken, but that doesn't get the ring off any easier. | |
| Jul 6, 2021 at 13:03 | comment | added | brhans | It looks to me as though, with the thumb-screws loosened, you should turn the 'metal ring' such that the 'slot for possible screwdriver' lines up with the bump on the side of the strainer body - and I would then expect that the ring would simply fall off, with little to no brute force required. I'd expect that there are 2 or more of these slots and bumps which will all need to be simultaneously lined up for this to work. I fear though that your previous attempts and the encouragement to use brute force below will have jammed the ring, preventing it from turning... | |
| Jul 6, 2021 at 8:46 | answer | added | TooTea | timeline score: 0 | |
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| Jul 6, 2021 at 6:46 | history | asked | flipsyde98 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |