Pls Help! Can't get Shower arm off
#1
08-25-04, 07:10 AM
Pls Help! Can't get Shower arm off
I am trying to replace the shower arm and flange. I CANNOT get the darn arm off! I have tried WD-40 to try to loosen it up but to no avail! 
I got it to budge just a bit last night but only a tiny bit. What else can I put in there to loosen it up????? I really don't want to break the pipe in there.
THANK YOU!!!!
Lee Ann
I got it to budge just a bit last night but only a tiny bit. What else can I put in there to loosen it up????? I really don't want to break the pipe in there.THANK YOU!!!!
Lee Ann
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08-25-04, 09:50 AM
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Use a large pipe wrench on the shower arm near the wall and turn it out counter-clockwise.
If the shower arm pipe nipple threads break off in the wall fitting, there is a tool called a 1/2" inside nipple wrench that will remove them.
Good luck!
Mike
If the shower arm pipe nipple threads break off in the wall fitting, there is a tool called a 1/2" inside nipple wrench that will remove them.
Good luck!
Mike
#4
08-25-04, 10:03 AM
OK, I seriuosly embarassed to admit this since I have been working on it since yesterday afternoon, but............I got clockwise and counter-clockwise mixed up!!!!! It came right off! 
I am one of those people that get left and right confused too.........hard to understand isn't it?!?!?! SO, if you have never known an idiot....now you do!!!! 
THANK YOU So much for your help!!!!
I am one of those people that get left and right confused too.........hard to understand isn't it?!?!?! SO, if you have never known an idiot....now you do!!!! 
THANK YOU So much for your help!!!!
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08-25-04, 10:46 AM
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LAWEDDLE, you are NOT the first and will not be the last to make this mistake. Little trick....Lefty----Loosie..Righty--tighty. After 30 years I still have to think sometimes especially if the fitting is screwed on from the bottom upwards. Glad you got it off. P.S. If you do not already have the new arm installed, a pair of channel-locks or plier handles inserted into the arm opening can be used to tighten it up without damaging the chrome finish.
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No problem.
That's how we all learned once. "Righty=tighty, lefty=loosey".
Wrap 2-3 flat wraps of teflon tape around both male threaded ends of the new shower arm clockwise only as the threaded ends face you, to seal the threads.
To keep from marring the new shower arm if you don't have a strap wrench, stick a handle of a pair of channel-lock pliers in the end of the pipe and tighten it into the wall fitting clockwise. Be sure to keep the threads straight.
Good luck!
Mike
That's how we all learned once. "Righty=tighty, lefty=loosey".
Wrap 2-3 flat wraps of teflon tape around both male threaded ends of the new shower arm clockwise only as the threaded ends face you, to seal the threads.
To keep from marring the new shower arm if you don't have a strap wrench, stick a handle of a pair of channel-lock pliers in the end of the pipe and tighten it into the wall fitting clockwise. Be sure to keep the threads straight.
Good luck!
Mike
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08-25-04, 10:50 AM
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Mike, Thanks for the back-up. Seems we were typing at the same time. LOL.Glad you agree though.
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08-25-04, 10:52 AM
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Hey, Terry.
You replied while I was still typing.
We won't even go into flush handle nuts. LOL
(BTW. I have an inquiry in on your question. I'll let you know whenever I hear something.)
Mike
You replied while I was still typing.
We won't even go into flush handle nuts. LOL
(BTW. I have an inquiry in on your question. I'll let you know whenever I hear something.)
Mike
