We bought a new 2-headed shower and it works great except the water drain was too slow.
I tried running hot water, then pouring bleach down the drain, then drain cleaner... same slow drain.
So I tried taking out the overflow cover to see if hair could be stuck down there. Well the cover and lever must still be attached to something in the tube because I can't pull it out. Not only that, but now it feels like nothing is connected to the trip lever, like the plunger is no longer connected. The water drain seems to be a bit slower although I'm not sure by how much.
What can I do here? Should I just pull on the overflow cover and lever as hard as I can?

By the way, getting the screws back on for the cover plate was a pain in the @$$ because nothing lined up properly.

Anyway, how can I pull out this assembly? And did I lose the linkage to the plunger? If so, how can I get that back?

One last one: should I just accept as fact that the drain won't be fast enough if I use 2 shower heads at the same time? Thanks!

I know nothing about plumbing but I'm doing as much research as I can about this.

Hi Kade

The trip lever is attached to a rod which moves the plunger. It is not easy to remove from flow tube. U will need to use some elbow grease to get it out. If plunger was off trip lever would come out fairly easy.

Good luck

Chuck

Chuck

Chuck said it, Put some muscle into it and just pull the stopper assembly,(see image) right out of there. After the stopper's out you can snake the drain from the opening,(see image). Put out about 10 feet of snake. ASfter, flush the line with a tub full of hot water. Good luck, Tom