Recent content by Cityslacker06

Since I am an amputee, I will not try this by hand because I know I will lose my balance and knock myself out. I tried once already, and it did not work out very well. I will get a regular air compressor (not the pancake style) and try using a pneumatic impact again. The pancake style will not...

Great information, sir. I will keep this in my memory banks as well.

Yessir. I will keep this in mind when the time comes.

Yes sir I did.

I made the decision that after 2 attempts to just forego doing this. Not worth the aggravation to me and I have a lot of other things that need greater attention, plus I do not want to risk damaging my tank, which I do not need to do right now.

It does appear that you are correct with this. I never thought about this information when I first started out wanting to get this thing replaced, but you are spot on. I returned all my tools that were bought for this Rod, and decided to just let it be.

Yes I did try rocking the trigger back-and-forth because I did that a lot when I was a car mechanic for many years. And I’m just wondering if the compressor wasn’t keeping up with the impact because it is only a pancake compressor so I may have to raise my regulated pressure up past 90 cause I’m...

I am going with the pneumatic impact wrench because the breaker bar I used was around 20 inches or something like that and with me being by myself I couldn’t keep myself steady and it kept physically moving the tank even though it was still full of water.

Absolutely! As a matter of fact, I have already wrapped the threads with PTFE tape and I have not even broke the old one loose.

I would have to agree with you and I am not willing to look for trouble. I tried 2 different ways of trying to get it loose and neither one worked, so even though I was prepared tool wise for a 3rd attempt, I do not feel at peace with trying a 3rd attempt. I will heed to the wisdom of someone of...

Yes, you are correct. This impact is above the IR 231. Thank you for the reminder of this impact, and I will look more into it, and try again. Cheers!

So it appears that the new strainer flange has a rubber gasket on it so apparently there is no need for any sealant.

I guess I used the wrong terminology, but it is not the actual drain, I am talking about the part that goes inside the tub, the strainer thingy. My apologies for the confusion.

I just found out that my water heater has an anode rod. Since it has not been replaced in the almost 6 years that we have lived here, I thought I would change it out to preserve the life of it. Not sure of how old it is, but we are not the original owners of our home. I bought a 1/2 inch drive...

Just hatched new member, here. I have a 16 year old home that have the original one piece tub/shower combinations in the two bathrooms that we have. I need to replace the tub drains in both of them. I am not sure of the material they are made of, but I am thinking maybe acrylic, but probably...