Post by jcplumb on Jan 13, 2023 21:32:03 GMT
I could be teaching my Grandma to suck eggs here, but I discovered something this week.
Click clack, or sprung wastes are fixable if the spring fails.
I've been to quite a few jobs where if you press the clicker it stays down and won't open up again without a lot of persuasion.
It turns out that you can unscrew and replace the mechanism that does the clicking and clacking with one from a new waste.
Once you unscrew the actual top part (the plug) there's a brass mechanism about an inch and a half long that houses the spring, there's a couple of flats on it and you can unscrew the bugger with a spanner. So if it's a pain in the arse glued up basin and ped with no room to reach round the ped - you can just replace the mech
Infact I just googled it and you can buy the mechs on their own. You learn something new every day!
Mechs
Click clack, or sprung wastes are fixable if the spring fails.
I've been to quite a few jobs where if you press the clicker it stays down and won't open up again without a lot of persuasion.
It turns out that you can unscrew and replace the mechanism that does the clicking and clacking with one from a new waste.
Once you unscrew the actual top part (the plug) there's a brass mechanism about an inch and a half long that houses the spring, there's a couple of flats on it and you can unscrew the bugger with a spanner. So if it's a pain in the arse glued up basin and ped with no room to reach round the ped - you can just replace the mech
Infact I just googled it and you can buy the mechs on their own. You learn something new every day!
Mechs
