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Loosen Nuts on Old Hydrant

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Can I Replace The Head Of A Yard Hydrant? Yes You Can!

What happens here

Before unscrewing the entire head, use an adjustable wrench to loosen the set screw that secures the handle assembly to the plunger rod. Then, use another wrench or pliers to loosen the packing nut located at the base of the handle assembly. This will release tension on the internal components, making it easier to unscrew the head from the pipe.

Goal: Loosen components for removal

Tools and materials

  • Adjustable Wrench
  • Pliers

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Okay, first thing we're going to do is loosen this nut up right here. That is going to allow this rod right here to come out and it actually spin freely. I think you have to take that the whole way out and then this right here is essentially a packing nut for that rod. There's a couple of o-rings down in here and we're going to loosen that up as well and just allow that to spin freely, maybe. Okay, so a little bit bigger of a wrench. Oh gosh. All right, we'll go with the nut. We're round there. Okay. Well, I did not be pulling out every single open and wrench I have to rock this. Let's see how this works. I don't know. I mean, hopefully that's enough. This is going away anyway, so let's just... Yeah, we're going to say that that's enough. I mean, it's up more than it was. We got a

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