Rounded off drain plug

[fried1765]

Hereç—´ how hard a pipe wrench will bite. This same pipe wrench which is by no ones standard a quality tool and has buggered up teeth easily holds my weight turning against a floor jack axel. View attachment 582215View attachment 582216View attachment 582217

Those bottom jaw teeth certainly do look a bit rounded.
I sharpened the teeth on mine (formerly my dad's) with a triangular hand file.
Then gave them both to one of my sons.
I have a nice set of 3 aluminum Rigids for myself.

 

[fried1765]

Since I’m still board how should we over tighten and strip this pipe plug? My Klein adjustable wrench seems to me holding like a champ. View attachment 582220View attachment 582222

$50?
I got mine for free!
Plumber broke his, and left them by my boiler.
I sent them in to Klein, and got new ones for free.

 

[4570Man]

$50?
I got mine for free!
Plumber broke his, and left them by my boiler.
I sent them in to Klein, and got new ones for free.

I got the pipe wrench for free but I had to pay for both sets of Knipex pliers and the Klein adjustable wrench. I’ve got a Klein wrench that I bent the jaw on I should probably send back but then again it was my fault.

 

[4570Man]

First thing would be to turn it over to the recommended position for tightening:

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Less likley to break the adjustable jaw.


Then use a 3' long cheater pipe on it.

I didn’t have any pipe big enough to go over the adjustable wrench handle. I later swapped to a 12 point socket and breaker bar and drove the plug all the way in. I really figured that would do it in. Surprisingly that didn’t strip the head either.

 

[YLee Kioti]

only 8 more post to go...!!!! :drink::cool2:

 

[Jstpssng]

I didn’t have any pipe big enough to go over the adjustable wrench handle. I later swapped to a 12 point socket and breaker bar and drove the plug all the way in. I really figured that would do it in. Surprisingly that didn’t strip the head either.

For what you were doing there is really nothing for it to bottom out against. It makes you wonder why Kando's plug is jammed so badly, but I believe at some point he said that it may be cross threaded.

 

[Kando]

For what you were doing there is really nothing for it to bottom out against. It makes you wonder why Kando's plug is jammed so badly, but I believe at some point he said that it may be cross threaded.

Over tightened. I always run the plug in by hand as far as I can before putting a wrench to it, so in theory there should be no way I cross threaded it.

 

[/pine]

LoL...All the post count trolls are about to pee their pants...!

 

[airbiscuit]

Over tightened. I always run the plug in by hand as far as I can before putting a wrench to it, so in theory there should be no way I cross threaded it.

On a different thread, some one said they didn't have a torque wrench, so they "tightened the nut down until they stripped the threads, and then backed off a quarter turn"

 

[Fuddy1952]

We're close!!!!!
This will help. I use black iron pipe and adapters for pipe wrench torque.
I store it on press, and it makes various lengths.
Two posts to go.View attachment 582272

 

[4570Man]

LoL...All the post count trolls are about to pee their pants...!

Who’s the post count trolls?

 

[4570Man]

So do I get an award for the 1000th post?

 

[/pine]

Who痴 the post count trolls?

well it makes me a hypocrite but I was referring to all the posts that had everything to do with increasing the post count but nothing to do with the topic...

What will be interesting is what happens to the thread (afterwards) if/when Kando confesses to getting the plug out and posting some pics...!

 

[goeduck]

LoL...All the post count trolls are about to pee their pants...!

Well I think this is the first time someone mentioned Lol along with peeing. Up until now we have only had serious posts in this thread. Always a joker in the bunch :rotfl:

 

[airbiscuit]

So do I get an award for the 1000th post?

You should have saved that for Kando. Now he will have to wait for post 2000.

 

[dragoneggs]

You all couldn't help yourself and blew it. #1000 was reserved for Kando to share his triumph!

 

[Wagtail]

Pipe wrenches still have no replacement and I don稚 know what you have against them.

Firstly, I really don't have anything against pipe-wrenches per-se. They are bulky and unbalanced for the angle that Kando needs to get at the stripped drain plug though. He's tried a pipe-wrench without success.

Secondly, you yourself (in self-confessed boredom) have demonstrated that a vise-grip or a Knipex should 'do the job'. Both of those more 'modern' tools lock onto the rounded surface and are lighter and a heck of a lot less bulkier when it comes to manoeuvring it into position.

I, myself, don't own a pipe-wrench as my set of Aussie "Best-grip" perform the same function... plus I can use them in a number of different situations including a ratcheting motion without having the readjust the jaw.

 

[4570Man]

Firstly, I really don't have anything against pipe-wrenches per-se. They are bulky and unbalanced for the angle that Kando needs to get at the stripped drain plug though. He's tried a pipe-wrench without success.

Secondly, you yourself (in self-confessed boredom) have demonstrated that a vise-grip or a Knipex should 'do the job'. Both of those more 'modern' tools lock onto the rounded surface and are lighter and a heck of a lot less bulkier when it comes to manoeuvring it into position.

I, myself, don't own a pipe-wrench as my set of Aussie "Best-grip" perform the same function... plus I can use them in a number of different situations including a ratcheting motion without having the readjust the jaw.

The vice grip had the worst grip of the 3 and didn’t hold very long before coming off. It was also the shortest of the 3 tools so despite using the same test it had the least to live up to. I’m pretty sure if I had a big enough cheater pipe I could have twisted the floor jack axel off with the pipe wrench. The Knipex isn’t a very tough looking tool and really isn’t designed for cheater pipe action.

 

[Wagtail]

The vice grip had the worst grip of the 3 and didn’t hold very long before coming off. I’m pretty sure if I had a big enough cheater pipe I could have twisted the floor jack axel off with the pipe wrench. The Knipex isn’t a very tough looking tool and really isn’t designed for cheater pipe action.

That's fine.

As I said, my Aussie "Renovator" brand "Best Grip" (there are similar manufacturers out there) would work, is lighter and less bulkier plus could be used with a cheater. I'm not 'pushing' it as a be-all-to-end-all solution to Kando's problem but the tied-and-true, venerable, pipe-wrench has been tried and has not succeeded in his situation.

This thread, and many others on TBN, introduce new tools and products to many others.

 

[airbiscuit]