[jazzpete01]

My basement flooded, I used an eel sewer cleaning machine to remove the blockage. After I got the water to go out,I put the machine in reverse ,but the cable broke in the sewer,I brought a retriver ,but it is still stuck.
Is there something I can do,before I dig up the sewer to get the cable out ?

[massplumber2008]

Hi Pete

Is there any cable still sticking out of the drain pipe? If there is you can try taking a two foot wrench and try turning/pulling the cable back until it frees up...sometimes just requires a lot of torque to remove the stuck cable (depending on why it broke). If you try this, be darn careful as the torque you can create is pretty great with a big wrench like that and you will want to watch your face, OK?

Back to you...

Mark

[speedball1]

I'm assuming the snake is lost up in the sewer pipe. When that happens to me I attach a retrieval on my sewer machine and auger into the broken cable and pull it back, Good luck, Tom