Rotate ice maker stub out 90°

[signalhill60]

I'm doing a kitchen remodel and the existing ice maker stub out needed to be rotated 90 degrees. so I shut off the water, drained the water lines, used a shop vac to vacuum out as much water as possible, heated the joint with a propane torch and after a minute the joint was loose enough to move 90 degrees. Very little if any steam came out of the open end of the pipe. After 15 minutes of cooling I turned the water back on and checked for leaks. No leaks and I pushed on the joint from several angles and no leaks. My question, is the joint solid? I know I described a stable joint but is it recommended to heat and move an old soldered elbow?

 

[OLD TIMER]

if you want to be 100 percent, unsweat it, sand, flux, use a new 90 and resolder. no plumber ever does it the way you did it.

 

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[Terry]

We would remove the joint and start over as a new install. Sand, flux, solder.

 

[hj]

I did it all the time. No problem. In fact, probably a better joint because both sides are already "tinned".

 

[OLD TIMER]

He didn't say he applied flux and re- soldered the joint like you would have.

 

[signalhill60]

Thank you for your quick response. I did not add any flux. Just heat and rotate. It was a little more involved then I let on, the ice maker stub out came off part of a manifold and I was trying to avoid redoing the entire manifold. I just finished up redoing the entire manifold system, I cut everything back to Fresh piping oh, now it looks good as new. funny how I spent more time researching this question then it actually took me to repair the problem. I will sleep better at night thanks again for all of your input.

 

[hj]

I would NOT have, since the solder was already in the joint. Just melt it, turn the fitting, and reapply some solder. PERFECT joint.