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Remove Old Bathtub Drain Body

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Easy Replacement Of A Bathtub Drain!

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What happens here

To remove the main drain body, insert a specialized drain wrench (referred to as a 'dumbbell tool') into the drain and turn it counter-clockwise to loosen. If a specialized wrench isn't available, a large screwdriver or an adjustable jaw wrench can be used in the drain's cross-shaped openings. As the drain body is removed, a significant amount of hair and debris is pulled out, indicating a prior clog. Clean any remaining hair or debris from the drain pipe using pliers. Remove the old rubber gasket from the underside of the drain opening.

Goal: Using a specialized drain wrench or alternative tools, the old drain body is loosened and removed, revealing potential clogs that need to be cleared.

Tools and materials

  • Adjustable Jaw Wrench
  • Drain Wrench (Dumbbell Tool)
  • Large Screwdriver
  • Pliers
  • Hair/Debris N/A

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So if you have the bar in here, it's great. We're having a dumb battle. Wow, big size not fitting in this one. The small size is going to fit right down in there. It either take a big screwdriver and go in one of these holes, right, or you can get your screwdriver up in here to you. Or if you don't have a screwdriver that'll fit in there, you can always take an adjustable jaw wrench as well. I can't believe this started leaking. Oh man, we're going to have to do a shower cartridge replacement. We have to do a color tub shower cartridge replacement soon. With my camera setup, I can't really use my screwdriver in the way that I like to. So that's all right. And just be able to remove this. Oh, a little bit of hair right there too, okay? I'll do a little cleaning while we're there. Right there, but oh gosh. You might say that that hair cleaner didn't work. Oh my gosh. That hair catcher. I don't know, man. I think some stuff has got past it. Holy, what? Oh man. What is going on there? Wow, kind of in some ways. So I'm going to be fair to my wife and say that most of that hair probably came before we started using this awesome little thing. Because it catches a lot of hair. So then you're just going to want to take your screwdriver. You're going to want to pull this down just a little bit and just get that popped up. You'll be able to pop that out.

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