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Install and Tighten New Drain Body

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Easy Replacement Of A Bathtub Drain!

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What happens here

Carefully place the new drain body, with plumber's putty on the flange, into the drain opening in the bathtub. Thread the drain body into the drain shoe below the tub by hand, turning it clockwise until it 'clicks' into place. Then, use the specialized drain wrench (dumbbell tool) inserted into the drain's cross-slots. Apply leverage with a screwdriver through the wrench to tighten the drain body clockwise. Continue tightening until excess plumber's putty squeezes out from under the flange, indicating a good, tight seal. Remove any excess putty.

Goal: Insert the prepared new drain body into the tub opening and securely tighten it using the drain wrench, ensuring a proper seal is achieved.

Tools and materials

  • Drain Wrench (Dumbbell Tool)
  • Screwdriver

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Get that in. I like to spin it a little counterclockwise until you feel it click. And now we can start tightening. Get that dumbbell on there. Start getting it around. screwdriver up in here to you. All right, this works a lot better when trying to tighten or take a part for that matter. Works out really nice. It's like to show you a couple different ways. There's always more than one way to skin a cat, right? This starts pulling away out here. That means it's actually sealed pretty good. All right, I'll go a little bit past that just to make sure it's snug. But we've got a good seal there. And you can feel it. You'll be able to feel it too. Yeah, that's good. Plumber's putty has sealed to the top of the tub. And then this gasket has sealed from the top of the drain shoe to the bottom of the tub. All right, and you're hooked up. That's pretty much that.

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