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Disassemble the Leaking Joint

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Under Sink Leak? Try This $8 Fix

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What happens here

Attempt to unscrew the old, corroded nut using pliers. Due to the severe corrosion, the old nut may break apart. If it breaks or cannot be unscrewed, use a mini hacksaw to carefully cut through the remnants of the nut and washer. Exercise caution not to cut into the threads of the sink basket. After cutting, use a screwdriver or similar tool to pry off the broken pieces. Next, unscrew the lower nut connecting the tailpiece to the P-trap to fully remove the tailpiece from the sink assembly.

Goal: This step focuses on safely removing the old, corroded nut and washer, which are often fused in place due to rust and mineral buildup, and detaching the tailpiece.

Tools and materials

  • Mini Hacksaw

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out of the trap. We'll see. Go grab a pair of these pliers. Uh, no. Now that you see that just broke right off of there. You get back over here. You can just see that is trashed. pull out a little mini hack right here. And we're just going to cut. You don't want to go too deep in that hole, but you want to get it close to the threads without hitting the threads. And then get a screwdriver in there. There we go. And get that popped. There we go. And now, let me just get that down. So, we can flip this P trap over right here. Oh, and look at that. I think that washer sealed janky. That is what caused the problem. Unscrew this nut right here. We'll be able to pull this tail piece right here out without having to remove the P trap. We'll be able to reuse this. We're going to clean this

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