Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Is there a wrench for faucet nuts

12 March 2012

Re: [DIY] Is there a wrench for faucet nuts

I have a basin wrench. It is not large enough to fit around the nut. I have not seen any larger. Do basin wrenchs come in more than one size?
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Lee Griffith <ldgriff2001@...> wrote:
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> Yes it is called a basin wrench.
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> http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-701&va=Basin+wrench
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> -Lee
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> On Mar 11, 2012, at 4:41 PM, sirpackyderm wrote:
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> > Hi all, I got the leaking spout fixed on the kitchen faucet. When the cone/fineal shaped nut around the spout was loosened some how the whole faucet loosed and now slides around on the sink. The big plastic nuts underneath need to be tightened but space is so tight it is hard to get any kind of pliers up there.
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> > The question: Is there any kind of special socket or other wrench that will fit on a round plastic nut with the four lugs? If this was under the truck and a regular hex nut a socket and extension would work.
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> > Every thing under there is a little corroded so it is more than fingers alone will turn.
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