6 Ways To Remove Stuck Bathtub Drain - Rusted, Won't Budge

This video shows you how to remove stuck tub drains. We have a newer video showing you the correct and incorrect tools to use on a typical tub drain. You should never use needle nose pliers, and we give you a close-up video to explain why: https://youtu.be/muS1jCz2huE

Many times, when you are trying to remove a tub drain assembly with a pop-up drain to install a new tub drain stability, you find the old tub drain is stuck and won't budge. We'll teach you how to remove tub drain covers and how to remove tub drain assemblies that are stuck. Stuck tub drain removal is a sticky business!

✅ Stuck tub drains tools used in this bathtub drain removal video:
✅ Pasco 4554 Dumbell Tub Drain Wrench: https://amzn.to/2W56ekr
✅ RIDGID 14" Heavy-Duty Plumbing Wrench: https://amzn.to/2T4g5Fd
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✅ Channellock 12-Inch Pliers: https://amzn.to/2MdcnGR
✅ CRAFTSMAN 94 Piece Tool Set: https://amzn.to/2ASUBUA
✅ Superior Tool Tub Drain Extractor For Stuck Tub Drains: https://amzn.to/2MovI88

0:00 Introduction to a stuck bathtub drain, reglazing bathtubs
1:50 1) Danco shows using pliers to remove stuck drain
2:40 2) Drain wrench for maximum physical advantage
3:40 3) Plumber's Wrench attached to drain wrench
4:10 4) Tub Drain Extractor to loosen stuck tub drain that won't budge
5:02 5) Heat Gun for heating and expanding tub drain
5:50 6) Plumber's Wrench with ratchet to loosen drain wrench
7:50 Changing the tub drain gasket
8:47 Add plumber's putty to the new tub drain before installing
9:12 Installing the new tub drain flange/shoe

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How to remove tub drain assembly

Is your pop-up tub drain stuck? Does your tub drain get frozen and rusted in place? So, if you wondered how to remove bathtub drain flange assemblies, you are in the right place. whenever you are doing a tub drain repair, we always tell people to use a tub drain wrench, or some other type of tub drain extractor tool. Pliers don't work for removing tub drains, you need special wrenches made just for stuck tub drain removal.

How to remove tub drain stuck to the bathtub

Too many "experts," tell you how to remove bathtub drain flanges during your DIY tub drain install project. They tell you to use pliers, but you quickly find your pliers don't fit into the tub drain cross assembly, and you have no mechanical advantage to turn the pliers to loosen the tub drain flange. The tub drain wrench is the perfect tub drain extractor tool.

How to remove stuck tub drain assembly

If you have a stuck tub drain, the tub drain wrench with a socket wrench and another long plumber wrench should do the trick as we show in this how to remove the bathtub drain flange and tub drain installation video. You just need to create a long moment arm for maximum turning force, that's how to remove tub drains. But using 2 wrenches, each longer than the old screwdriver produces a better gripping surface and longer moment arm for you to force that stuck tub drain to finally loosen up.

Stuck tub drain removal

If you have a stuck tub drain, clear your afternoon schedule because you'll be trying several tub drain extractor tools to loosen that stuck tub drain. You'll need more than just your tub drain wrench to loosen this stuck tub drain.

If you have a stuck tub drain assembly, you just must go old school on a stuck tub drain removal with brute strength, using the techniques we show you to allow your limited strength to be applied in the manner that has the best mechanical advantage for your stuck tub drain removal dilemma. Sometimes the best tub drain extractor tool is not enough, you just need brute force combined with 2 strong moment arms.

how to remove tub drain when tub drain stuck

When you have a tub drain frozen, rusted, or corroded, you must figure out how to remove a stuck tub drain using the most powerful wrenches you must get out of this plumbing repair dilemma and just be done with this tub drain repair already. Now you'll be able to show your friends how to remove stuck tub drains.