Bathtub Trip Lever Broken And Detached

Adjust the nut on the linkage lengthen it to raise the stopper or shorten it to let it drop lower.

Bathtub trip lever broken and detached.

There s pieces of drywall and powder all over the place. The kit comes with a threaded adapter bushing to fit 1 1 2 in. By chris deziel some people refer to the system of adjustable rods that connects the drain stopper of a bathtub to the trip lever as the guts of the bathtub. Close the stopper run some water into the tub and see if it stays.

He said he used the wrong screws. Remove the two screws securing the lever faceplate to the tub with a phillips head screwdriver. The linkage for the stopper will come out of the overflow pipe. Plumbers call it the linkage and.

Continue pulling the lever and faceplate until the entire linkage and stopper are out of the overflow. The cause here is usually because the connecting rod attached to the trip lever has become shortened from use. Place the plunger threaded rod and trip lever back into the hole in the tub and screw the plate back into place. Can t remove trip lever drain stopper in bathtub.

It also comes with a strainer an overflow plate and a bath shoe. The tv is broken which was brand new and will cost 1k to replace by itself and there are soccer ball sized holes in the drywall. Push the assembly back in and replace the cover plate. It includes a 2 hole faceplate with finish matched screws.

Pull the plate and lever away from the overflow hole partially pulling out the mechanism. It seems like the rod would thread into the stopper or into a link piece that is connected to the stopper. Grab the lever and slowly pull the faceplate away from the tub. He up and goes yeah i m gonna have to walk away from the job.

If the water drains out repeat the process above and lower the plunger a little bit more until you get the bathwater to stay in.