Bathtub drain leak brass rubber connection

[rodney10954]

I bought the watts brass bathtub drain and installed it the other day. I ran the water and I had no leaks but today I noticed a little leak so I tightened the compression fitting a bit more and broke the darn thing. This is the second drain that I have installed but I don’t remember these rubber compression fittings. Brass pipe and a rubber compression ring, I don’t think it will hold up over time. What do you guess think? Do they sell the screw in types? That doesn’t have compression fittings.

 

[Plumber1]

Some times the rubber jam nut washers are a little stubborn.

Exactly what kind of tools were you using to break a jam nut?

Try 11/2" plastic jam nut washers. Hand tight and then just set it with a good pair of curved jawed Channel Locks.