Recent content by fajmerchant

Same dilemma I've posted on a few other threads sans luck regarding this, but this sounds like a better-articulated description of the same problem I'm facing on what I finally identified as a Crane yesterday. I have tried getting an auger past this linkage at least a dozen times, but it...

I'm desperately trying to figure out the manufacturer of a piece so that I might then discover how to fix a severe bathtub clog. The manner in which the linkage operates doesn't seem similar to that of any diagrams I've been able to find online or in books. So can anyone tell me who made...

Question for Clarification Thanks for the tip. Now, because it's the pop-up stopper variety, I'm assuming I have the spring at the base. Will that come up with a coat hanger, or is it fastened in a way that requires unhinging first? Thanks for all the help.

Rod Out -- But Nothing With It Thanks for that diagram. I managed to truly muscle the rod with a pair of pliers and finally get it out -- it's thick brass, maybe 3 inches long. The problem is that whatever was attached to it didn't come along for the ride. If I reach into the overflow...

Overflow Shaft "The other end of the rod where it connects to the stopper mechanism has some play and is much smaller than the overflow so you can get enough of an angle on it to pull the rod up and out with the stopper on it." Thanks for the reply. All of the advice I've found online...

Hi, I have a severely clogged bathtub. After proper plunging (with the drain stopper removed and with the overflow airholes covered) failed to fix this, I decided to hand auger the blockage. I removed the flip-lever switch on the overflow, intending to send the auger down the overflow tube...