removing tailpiece

Mike T., Swampeast MO

They can be extremely difficult to remove. The brass is soft and the lands often shear off when you use a spud wrench. A pipe wrench on the tailpiece (when you don't care about saving it) frequently just mangles and collapses.

When all else fails, remove the tapping bushing along with the tailpiece. Use BIG wrench and cheater bar.

danny_8

tailpiece won't budge

I am having a problem removing the tailpiece from a few radiators, the things will not budge. any ideas I am changing the valves out to 90's. everything was cut just below the valves. thanks for the help. danny

Empire_2

Spud

If and when the nipps break off inside, I usually heat the fitting and use pipe wrench. The piece will collaps, but should break the fitting loose. Thank God that I only had 1 piece totally break off in my travels, then it I had to use a small saw to slice thru the threads and remove that way.

Steve D._4

Try heating the tailpiece before you torque it. Also, if you use a pipe wrench on the outside, put a piece of steel inside to keep it from collapsing.

Steve

adambuild

cut it out!

I have these all the time. I put my sawzall in the hole and cut perpendicular to the threads and stop before reaching them. Then I move the blade over a half inch and do the same. Then with a screwdriver and hammer I hit that small section in toward the hole. The rest spins / unthreads right out! Works every time.

Empire_2

Adam

Your right, I do that to, but I'll allways try the old pipe wrench first. Usually works even though the fitting starts to collaps and deform.