Rounded off drain plug

[airbiscuit]

 

[goeduck]

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

:reading: we must have missed that... oh well,,,there is always 2000

 

[Jstpssng]

:reading: we must have missed that... oh well,,,there is always 2000

Long before this post turns 2000 I will take up a collection so that somebody can go out to Indiana and help him out.

 

[Jstpssng]

That's an interesting tool. If it always work as easily as they show it would be worth the $52 they sell for.Stud Remover Kits (Of course I always break them off at the head)

 

[fried1765]

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.

"Same function"?
You can remove a seriously thread rusted coupling on a 2" dia. piece of galvanized steel water pipe with the Aussie "Best-grip"?
I think I gotta get an Aussie "Best -grip"

 

[sixdogs]

That's an interesting tool. If it always work as easily as they show it would be worth the $52 they sell for.Stud Remover Kits (Of course I always break them off at the head)

Put a drop of Kroil on nasty things before you take them apart. Let it sit if still stuck. I do and haven't snapped anything off on rusty farm equipment in maybe three years.

 

[airbiscuit]

This might help get us to 2000 ...

 

[fried1765]

This might help get us to 2000 ...

My vote is for KROIL !!!!

 

[ruffdog]

Over 100 PAGES about a dang drain plug? Maybe we need a GIANT week long blizzard to give people something to do (like me).

 

[goeduck]

My vote is for KROIL !!!!

Liquid Wrench and WD40 are what I have always had around. I am not sure his method of rusting is real world enough, his results were not that different from turning the bolts off dry. Well done video, however. Just my $0.02

 

[4570Man]

Here’s his test results. My experience is if you were to take those nuts off with a ratchet using any form of oil makes a BIG difference. I doubt there was much rust in the threads. It would have been interesting if he removed the nuts completely.

 

[Wagtail]

"Same function"?
You can remove a seriously thread rusted coupling on a 2" dia. piece of galvanized steel water pipe with the Aussie "Best-grip"?
I think I gotta get an Aussie "Best -grip"

I don't see why I wouldn't be able to... along with the 'kit' (4 increasing sizes) I also bought a large one that would handle that size. The gripping principle is similar to that of a pipe-wrench without having to do the 'adjust the jaws' step.

A wee bit of 'your choice' of penetrating spray/oil prior to the job would always help.

 

[fried1765]

I don't see why I wouldn't be able to... along with the 'kit' (4 increasing sizes) I also bought a large one that would handle that size. The gripping principle is similar to that of a pipe-wrench without having to do the 'adjust the jaws' step.

A wee bit of 'your choice' of penetrating spray/oil prior to the job would always help.

The only/largest one (Aussie) that I can find shown on the internet is actually called "Better Grip", and is 16" long.
I think it very unlikely that any 16" long wrench, of any style, would separate an internally rusted coupling from a 2" pipe.
Is there a 24" or 36" long "Better Grip" model?

 

[Wagtail]

The only/largest one (Aussie) that I can find shown on the internet is actually called "Better Grip", and is 16" long.
I think it very unlikely that any 16" long wrench, of any style, would separate an internally rusted coupling from a 2" pipe.
Is there a 24" or 36" long "Better Grip" model?

I just trudged out to the shed and measured the largest one that I bought and, yes, it's the 16". With the jaw fully open (spring loaded/tension) I could attach it to something 2.5". As to if there are larger ones, I don't know as I only purchased the largest that I could imagine ever using and I haven't used the 16" on anything yet. (But I have it! :laughing I have used a couple of the ones in the kit from time to time and they do work as advertised as a wrench/ratchet.

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[k0ua]

I just trudged out to the shed and measured the largest one that I bought and, yes, it's the 16". With the jaw fully open (spring loaded/tension) I could attach it to something 2.5". As to if there are larger ones, I don't know as I only purchased the largest that I could imagine ever using and I haven't used the 16" on anything yet. (But I have it! :laughing I have used a couple of the ones in the kit from time to time and they do work as advertised as a wrench/ratchet.

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That is a nice looking wrench. Imagine saying schraubenschlüssel just to say wrench. Germans are interesting people, but their word salad bowl overflows.

 

[bcp]

schraubenschlüsel = wrench, and is composed of the words for "screw key", according to Google Translate.

Bruce

 

[dragoneggs]

schraubenschlüsel = wrench, and is composed of the words for "screw key", according to Google Translate.

Bruce

I'm sure the Germans say it using far less letters.

 

[LD1]

This might help get us to 2000 ...

Here’s his test results. My experience is if you were to take those nuts off with a ratchet using any form of oil makes a BIG difference. I doubt there was much rust in the threads. It would have been interesting if he removed the nuts completely.View attachment 582363View attachment 582364

Any test that rates wd40 as better than kroil....I tend to not believe any of the other results either

 

[mcfarmall]

I agree, LD1. KROIL is effective even on galled stainless steel...if it's not galled too bad. Best stuff I've used in my 28 years of fixing other peoples screw-ups.

 

[California]

FWIW here are the four wrenches that live in a drawer next to my big bench vise - plus the 'bionic' toy I just found in a thrift store to try out.

It is very common to clamp a rusted bolt or something in the bench vise, then reach for one of the four wrenches to get a rusted nut off it.

The bionic toy doesn't go down as small as I expected. Maybe down equal to a half inch wrench. Anything that size and larger that is rusted may not come off with so little leverage. We shall see.

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