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Hey smart and strong fellas. Didn’t see a plumbing thread. I have an issue where my shower head rod (plastic) snapped off in my supply pipe in the wall. I understand this is actually fairly common and got some internal pipe wrench extractors but I’m in a bind. The smallest will kinda catch but not grab and turn at all, and the medium 1/2 just barely won’t fit past the plastic stuck in it at its lowest profile. Any advice on how to get it past without damaging? Thought about heading up the tool but that seems last resort

>> No.2792801

>>2792798
Did you pound the pipe extractor in with a hammer? I have never had them not grip after you give them a little love tap. Its also possible you bought shit extractors.

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>>2792801
I hit it with a crowbar I got but not a full on hammer lol. I was afraid of damaging the pipe itself. They’re Husky. The rotating portion is sitting just outside the plastic lip at its lowest profile

>> No.2792806

>>2792798
So you’re trying to extract a broken inner threaded pipe from a permanent outer pipe?
You might want to try gluing a longer piece of pipe to the inside and reefing on that.

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>>2792806
Yeah but the inner is plastic. The end of the shower head. What kind of glue would you recommend?

>> No.2792813

>>2792808
Honestly, it’s weird that there is plastic in there, seems like some kind of adapter? Usually showers are plumbed inside the wall with copper and brass.

Hopefully it’s PVC or CPVC pipe, and there’s a PVC glue used for that (but I’ve only used it for drain pipes)

>> No.2792817

>>2792813
It’s weird? It’s a plastic shower head. And it’s broken off right at that point so there’s a half inch of threaded portion that’s stuck in there

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>>2792798
Oh that's an easy fix, go ask reddit again. I don't help p-redditors.

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Update. I got it in and now the tool is just turning on the wrench but the cylinder is not budging. Parts actually broke off and I think I see the problem. Is it possible somebody just loaded that bitch up with some kind of cement before they threaded it in?

>> No.2792970

>>2792839
Yeah, you see that all the time to make sure leaks are sealed if the threads are fucked

>> No.2792977

>>2792970
Well it’s defeated me. I can’t remove this stuff from the threads no matter what I do

>> No.2792980

>>2792831
Yeah, imagine taking any advice from reddit seriously. At least here you should know when someone isn't getting to help you, sadly I've seen a lot of search results lead to absolutely useless advice over there.

>> No.2793496

>>2792798
have you tried having gay sex with it?

>> No.2793549

>>2792798
>Any advice on how to get it past without damaging?
The broken part is plastic (soft)
The plumbing part is brass or copper or steel (not as soft)
Use a boning knife or similar tool with the sharp edge toward the center and the back of the blade against the plumbing threads.
As you tap on the tool driving it into the plastic, the plastic will split.
Use an icepick or similar tool on one side of the split to pull the plastic away from the threaded plumbing part.
Once the plastic is away from the threads on one side, use a pair of needle-nose pliers to twist the plastic part to a smaller diameter ane pull it out of the plumbing part.

>> No.2795688

a flathead between the plastic and brass, smack with a hammer and just pry out the plastic aggressively
>>2793549
or do what this guy said and be real careful and professional
my way will probably be fine though