GregJ7
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I am attempting to install a bathtub drain trip lever for my mom. The tub was originally installed with a leverless face place. I bought a drain linkage kit with a hollow cylinder that presumably is supposed to block the water from draining when it covers the horizontal drain pipe opening. Through measuring, it seems that the range of lengths for the linkage should allow it to close the opening, but I've tried 8 or so various lengths and none of them even slows water from draining freely. I was suspicious of this design, because it doesn't seem to me that the cylinder should move easily (lever up/lever down) and also form a decent seal over the horizontal drain pipe. (But presumably this design wouldn't be in use if that was actually a problem.) In the positions I tried it moved easily when I toggle the trip lever.
Any ideas about what is wrong?
Any ideas about what is wrong?
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