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    Aug 13, 2005, 10:31 AM
    Shower drain rusted unable to remove, help.
    I've looked at the WingTite shower drain instructions and they seem pretty much clear. Before I proceed I would like to know if these steps will work on my drain because before I found their website I tried to remove the drain by gaining access from the bottom of the shower and could not. I found there is corrosion around the existing drain retaining nut making it impossible to come off from below. So my question to you is do I have to worry about the existing retaining nut not coming off since it is corrorded before I can install the new WingTite drain following their instructions? Their instructions say that the "remaining shower drain body will collapse allowing retaining nut below base to drop. Nut stays below". If it is rusted will it drop as they say in their instructions? I appreciate any advise you can offer. Thanks in advance.
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    Aug 13, 2005, 01:36 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by CharlesD
    I've looked at the WingTite shower drain instructions and they seem pretty much clear. Before I proceed I would like to know if these steps will work on my drain because before I found their website I tried to remove the drain by gaining access from the bottom of the shower and could not. I found there is corrosion around the existing drain retaining nut making it impossible to come off from below. So my question to you is do I have to worry about the existing retaining nut not coming off since it is corrorded before I can install the new WingTite drain following their instructions? Their instructions say that the "remaining shower drain body will collapse allowing retaining nut below base to drop. Nut stays below". If it is rusted will it drop as they say in their instructions? I appreciate any advise you can offer. Thanks in advance.
    Hi Charles,
    You ask, Their instructions say that the "remaining shower drain body will collapse allowing retaining nut below base to drop. Nut stays below". If it is rusted will it drop as they say in their instructions? "

    Yes! If you will look on page #1 starting at figure 3a you will cut(CARFULLY) a 1" piece out of the drain body. Follow instructions down to figure 3e and squeeze the ends together . This pulls the female threads away from the male ones on the nut. You may have to tap the nut loose with a hammer and screwdriver but with nothing binding it will drop free.
    From there it's all downhill. Good luck, Tom
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    Aug 14, 2005, 12:32 PM
    More about shower drain rusted and unable to remove, help.
    Speedball1 - Thanks for your reply. Tried as you described but still unable to remove the brass drain body as outlined in WingTite's instructions. As previously mentioned what I observed from below there is rusted corrosion do you believe this could be prohibiting the drain body from collapsing? And by this being a brass fixture I could not get it to squeeze together as in figure 3e, what do you suggest?
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    Aug 15, 2005, 05:21 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by CharlesD
    Speedball1 - Thanks for your reply. Tried as you described but still unable to remove the brass drain body as outlined in WingTite's instructions. As previously mentioned what I observed from below there is rusted corrosion do you believe this could be prohibiting the drain body from collapsing? And by this being a brass fixture I could not get it to squeeze together as in figure 3e, what do you suggest?
    Hey Charles,

    If you've opened up the drain body and can see the nut then you could take a hacksaw blade and cut it out of whack it with a sharp chisel. It's made of brass which is more malleable then steel and should be easier to cut. Regards, Tom
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