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TIPS FOR REMOVING YOUR OLD DRAIN:
Loosen nuts on P-Trap using channel locks. Suggest spraying nuts with spray lubricant to loosen any corrosion or
debris that may have built up. Remove P-Trap half from Tailpiece. Use bucket to catch any residual water in P-trap.
Unthread Pivot Rod Nut from Drain Body and remove. Pull Stopper out from Drain Body.
Loosen Mounting Nut as far down as it will go. Push Drain Body up into Sink and unthread Flange from Drain Body.
Remove Drain Body from below sink.
Unthread Tailpiece from Drain Body.
Loosen and remove Mounting Nut and Gasket on Drain Body using channel locks. Suggest spraying nut with spray
lubricant to loosen any corrosion or debris that may have built up. Push Drain Body up into the Sink and remove.
Note:
If Drain body rotates while loosening Mounting Nut, insert a screw driver into overflow hole to prevent Drain
Body from rotating while Mounting Nut is removed.
Adjustable Wrench
Phillips Screwdriver
Channel Locks
Recommended tools
METAL OR PLASTIC TWO PIECE
DRAIN BODY
METAL DRAIN BODY WITH
PLASTIC TAILPIECE
PLASTIC DRAIN BODY
WITH PLASTIC TAILPIECE
UNTHREAD
FLANGE
STOPPER
WHEN DRAIN IS REMOVED FROM ABOVE SINK
WHEN DRAIN IS REMOVED
FROM BELOW SINK
MOUNTING
NUT
MOUNTING
NUT and
GASKET
METAL
DRAIN
BODY
PLASTIC
DRAIN BODY
PLASTIC
TAILPIECE
P-TRAP
HALF
PIVOT
ROD NUT
PIVOT
ROD NUT
SINK
STOPPER
SCREWDRIVER
STOPPER
MOUNTING
NUT and
GASKET
METAL OR
PLASTIC
DRAIN BODY
FINISHED
WALL
FINISHED
WALL
FINISHED
WALL
PLASTIC
TAILPIECE
PIVOT
ROD NUT
SINK
SINK
P-TRAP
HALF
P-TRAP
HALF
Most existing drains can be removed quickly and easily with only a pair of channel-
lock pliers or a wrench. However, there may be situations where it is difficult to
remove your old drain or determine how the drain is disassembled. Depending upon
the existing Drain in your sink, it is either removed from above or below the sink.
The illustrations below show some typical drain installations and how they are
disassembled from the sink.
The following tips can help with some of the more common challenges in drain removal:
For Drains that are removed from below Sink:
For Drains that are removed from above Sink:
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