How to fix and rehab a 50 year old bathtub trip-lever drain stop with broken screws.

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3 жыл бұрын

How to fix and rehab a 50 year old bathtub trip-lever and drain stop / hair catcher. This was a trial and error project. My tub was clogged and I had to figure out what was causing it to drain slow. I found out we had a hair catcher not a drain stop and it was clogged with hair and had fallen into the out flow because of a broken screw on the face plate. I dad to drill out both screws and clean the plate with Bar keepers friend and when I was through it looked and worked like new. Good luck

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@KP11520 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, that overflow pipe at the top is supposed to be behind the tub wall with a rubber or foam gasket between it and the outside of the tub and mounting the cover pulls it tight and seals the pipe from leaking when the screws are tightened. Whoever installed it was a clueless hack! If the tub fills too high, water will be in the basement, rather than all of it down that pipe.

@TomLeeman 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tips thanks a lot good thing we just take showers and thanks for watching

@aaronfarmer6836 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Tom, great video. I have the exact same set up - the spiral as I've come to call it was filled with hair. After watching your video, I will try to clean it up. Question: is that spiral looking piece at the bottom just a hair catcher? So essentially if I have that, I won't be able to actually plug the water to say take a bath? If that is true, could I swap the spiral out with a more traditional drain plug so the tub will fill up? Thanks for your help.

@TomLeeman 2 жыл бұрын

I guess you could do that all I did was get a rubber thing that I put over the drain so that the tub and fill up much easier good luck thanks for watching

@1ACL 2 жыл бұрын

So I assume the original mechanism is an actual drain stopper, and not just a drain and hair catcher? Yes? but how does it work?

@natjohnson6493 7 ай бұрын

The original stopper looks like the one in this link. I’m not sure how it works mechanically! www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DChcSEwjQqqGbrpeDAxWt9-MHHZiyDXAYABAMGgJ5bQ&ae=2&gclid=CjwKCAiA1fqrBhA1EiwAMU5m_-kV19eaGMjLuDtrVM7Lb6e6767wGWX1eMynFMfOfU7r-Gv0LAU4hBoCz7AQAvD_BwE&sig=AOD64_092DQK4VfKiCWN6H-c5ToO4sVrXQ&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwjm2JebrpeDAxWhg4kEHUzxD7IQwg8oAHoECAIQGw&adurl=

@TCPlumbing818 6 ай бұрын

@@1ACL stopper goes down into drain hole with a j shaped linkage with a horizontal paddle that gets pushed between the spring rungs. when the leaver is turned it pulls up or pushes down to open and close the stopper. The spring is just classic physics engineers used back in the day to multiply force applied. #OldSchool

@sydneyg.4597 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I have the same exact thing, and the spring broke. I got a replacement and I have tried everything I possibly can to get the spring onto the linkage, but the spring won't open up regardless of what I try. What's the right way to do it?

@TomLeeman 2 жыл бұрын

Oh boy that’s a good one I’ll have to research that and try to figure it out for you and then get back to you

@Johnston212 Жыл бұрын

What is that thing underneath the plate on the wall of the tub? I am completely replacing the lever and drain, but that thing is getting in the way of the new overflow plate

@TomLeeman Жыл бұрын

This is a very old system and it’s the end of the overflow pipe that has this two spots where you screw it in and then the pipe goes down when I pull out the plate. It’s connected to a spring that catches debris in here so that you can pull it out and clean it at the junction of where the drain on the bottom of the tub and that pipe me. Good luck on your install. Thanks for watching.

@wickedpissah6037 2 жыл бұрын

Mine is missing the linkage an the spring could it have fell down the drain,? I pulled the cover off with the two screws but the long piece with the spring is missing 🤔

@TomLeeman 2 жыл бұрын

That’s possible or when they installed it they just didn’t put that in if you’re having a clog then that’s possible but if it did fall down in there it’s gonna be hard to get it out good luck thanks for watching

@christinakernohan9493 Жыл бұрын

I have the same thing. The handle on mine is facing up. And when I turn it, I don't feel or hear anything moving. Does that mean it's broke ?

@TomLeeman Жыл бұрын

You may have to take the face plate off and look inside

@nico-.- 3 жыл бұрын

nice

@TomLeeman 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@ftianmcb Жыл бұрын

Hi, may I ask what it is the name/catalog number of this drain stopper? I have exactly the same thing. Thanks!

@TomLeeman Жыл бұрын

This is probably 40 years old at least and I have no idea what the catalog name would be or number I did not put this in originally it came with the house back in the 70s I think you could try an image search on Google and it might post something like this up for you

@ftianmcb Жыл бұрын

@@TomLeeman Thanks a lot! Does it originally comes with a rocker arm? The spring itself doesn't seem to be able to block the drain?

@AliRose89 8 ай бұрын

Hi Tom, My tub is identical to yours. Blue and old with old parts. Can I replace the old trip lever with one of the new models, or will it not work for my old tub?

@TomLeeman 8 ай бұрын

If the screw holes line up

@AliRose89 8 ай бұрын

Thank you

@roylamotte2380 Жыл бұрын

That thing is over 50 years old and it's still shinny

@TomLeeman Жыл бұрын

I change it up and cleaned it really good

@sharonpoitra193 5 ай бұрын

Do you recommend cleaning (with barkeeper's friend or whatever) the assembly pulled out of the wall, and whatever else is covered by the faceplate?

@danielm1991 Жыл бұрын

How did you know what size screws to buy

@TomLeeman Жыл бұрын

I just matched him to the ones that I had tried to get the size about the same

@danielm1991 Жыл бұрын

@@TomLeeman i thought you drilled them out

@MatthewArangatta Жыл бұрын

Do you know what kind of stopper originally came with this type of lever?

@TomLeeman Жыл бұрын

Well, this thing is so old I don’t know if you get a replacement part for it

@natjohnson6493 7 ай бұрын

It’s a rocker arm drain stopper. www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DChcSEwjQqqGbrpeDAxWt9-MHHZiyDXAYABAMGgJ5bQ&ae=2&gclid=CjwKCAiA1fqrBhA1EiwAMU5m_-kV19eaGMjLuDtrVM7Lb6e6767wGWX1eMynFMfOfU7r-Gv0LAU4hBoCz7AQAvD_BwE&sig=AOD64_092DQK4VfKiCWN6H-c5ToO4sVrXQ&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwjm2JebrpeDAxWhg4kEHUzxD7IQwg8oAHoECAIQGw&adurl=