Removing broken bath drain

[mandjknight]

OK....a week ago I posted a note regarding my issues with getting a new tub drain to seal. That thread is listed here:

https://terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5468

I got a lot of great responses and realized that despite the issues I was having with the puddy oozing out, the cause of my leak was the rubber gasket just not being tight enough.

So, I went down and bought a drain wrench and tried sealing up the drain first without using any putty. I got it good and tight and that seemed to do the trick.

Then I figured I ought to loosen it up and put some puddy on it, which I did. I then tightened it down really good.....in fact too good. I was twisting it so hard that I sheared the pieces of the strainer right off. Now I'm in even more of a pickle than I was to begin with! There is only one small stub of the strainer in the drain and that is obviously not enough to get a good hold on it with anything to try and remove the chrome drain.

I want to remove it and start over with a new one because as is, it is just an open hole with no strainer and no ability to plug up the tub without buying some cheap rubber stopper/plug which I don't really want to consider since this is brand new bathroom and house.

Am I totally screwed or is there is some magical tool out there that can help me back this thing out? I have a tool I use for my sprinkling system which is basically a big "EZ-Out" with a tapered reverse-threaded drill but it is only for use on smaller diameter pipe. Is there something similar to this but much larger than I can buy or rent? I'm desperate here because I'm trying to finish off the adjacent bedrooms and can't continue until I have this tub thing resolved.

Here is a picture where you can kind of see the drain with the strainer sections broken out (with exception to one small stub).

 

[Jimbo]

Rigid, Superior Tool, and others make an expanding internal gripper which can be used to tighten. Porbably have to get the tool on line, or at a large plumbing supply house.

 

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[Mike Swearingen]

You can simply cut a small "V" notch in the inside lip of the drain with a hacksaw blade and tap it back around counter-clockwise (out) with a hammer and chisel or large flathead screwdriver in the notch.
Been there, done that. Works for me.
Good luck!
Mike

 

[Cass]

I cut them out with a sawzall and fine tooth metal cutting blade, very carefully. It takes about 15-60 min. for most. If you have a basement use a long blade and cut it off flush with the bottom of the tub. If it is a steel tub be careful you don't cut the tub, if it is CI you don't have that problem. If you cut from inside the tub you want to cut at 8:00 , 6:00 and 4:00 and only through the brass and only enough that you can pry up a few peices and break them off then remove the rest.

 

[Plumber1]

strainer

I too agree. Like Mike and Cass, those are the ways to get that out.