Dan, I'll check again. Kaleb, yes there is a screw that allows the stopper / top portion to be removed, very handy for cleaning out hairballs etc.
Once the stopper is removed, there seat that provides the other half of the seal is still mounted in the tub. If that seat has corroded, can it be restored or would I need to remove and replace that? ------------- Max Charleston SC On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Are you sure? > > I have stoppers like that of the same vintage, and they all have O rings > on the stopper that provide the seal. They also use a Phillips head screw > under the stopper to hold it on the shaft. You unscrew the screw to remove > the top of the stopper (knob) to get into the drain in order to clean it > out. > > Dan > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Oct 16, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > We've got two bathtubs about twenty years old, and the drain stoppers are > > tired and don't hold water very well. Both have built-in drain stoppers > > that you pull up and rotate to open, and twist a bit until it hits the > > right spot to drop down when you want the drain closed. > > > > I've looked at them in the past, and I didn't see any rubber part that > can > > be replaced. I fear that the entire drain/stopper assembly needs to be > > replaced, but I really don't want to pull out a bathtub or shower stall > if > > that is what is required. > > ------------- > > Max > > Charleston SC > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
