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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1016645
OK - its a lot easier if I ask here and see if someone has the answer before I break my back

I have a centre type mixer on the kitchen sink
When you move it the whole thing is sort of moving and its pissing me off

I got under and there is a LONG brass nut that does up and I am guessing "clamps" this "C" thing

F&cked if I can get a spanner on it.

The gap is about 75mm

So - are they a standard nut?
Special tool?
some sort of trick?

It is a bitch laying upside down trying to get past the flex pipes and trying to get a light in there



Futue te ipsum!!!

bug68m Commited Dubber

55 posts · joined May 2012 ·

#1016647
Mine was 7/16 11 mm not sure if that's standard t I'm hearing ya shit of a job mine pissed me off for months

silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#1016648
2 long brass nuts i think
Keeping it real !

newghia stock is for people who cant think outside the square

679 posts · joined May 2008 ·

#1016649
Yes the brass nut on the "C" is for tightening / clamping.... Do you have a very small shifter ? Or otherwise, a tube spanner is usually the easiest way to tighten. You could also try a deep socket.
You can buy the tube spanners from Bunnings in a set, usually near the plumbing isle,

Nath
Step up to get out !!!

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1016651
silver wrote:2 long brass nuts i think


Arrrggghhh!!!!!................ one hiding that I really cant get to
😬😬😬😬😬😬
Futue te ipsum!!!

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1016653
Oh..and thanks 👍
Futue te ipsum!!!

vinsueball Commited Dubber

60 posts · joined Apr 2012 ·

#1016655
Sometimes easier to take the whole sink out, tighten it with some loc-tight, and then reinstall the sink pgrading the sealing around the edges as you go. I tightened my tap up 3 times while it was fitted to the bench and on each occasion had to to repeat it in about 5 weeks !!!!

Frustrating beyond belief !

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1016656
sink is welded in 😎

That said - I braved the cold and went down the garage and dug around and found my stash of 35 year old tools and yes - the one tube spanner I still have was a perfect fit 👍👍👍
Futue te ipsum!!!

Camo Custom Title Time!

1,936 posts · joined Oct 2007 ·

#1016662
I've got to ask Barry, what's the go with those salt and pepper shakers on the wingow sill. Are they trick ones that blow up when you give them to a friend to use 😂😂😂

You do know, that you wont get all those virgins 😂😂😂
I thought rebuilding a VW would be cheap - Shit I was wrong, just don't let the wife know !!!!

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empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1016668
Bunnings sell the tool quite cheap... or open ended spanner and a lot of patience ! Had to replace my mixer tap twice in the past year..... not a job that i want to do again in a hurry, worst part was laying down under the sink to access the underside of the tap.👎
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landfall Officially Full-On Dubber

290 posts · joined Jun 2014 ·

#1016669
Our mixer came with the long tube spanner, complete with T bar handle..

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1016682
Camo wrote:I've got to ask Barry, what's the go with those salt and pepper shakers on the wingow sill. Are they trick ones that blow up when you give them to a friend to use 😂😂😂

You do know, that you wont get all those virgins 😂😂😂
We went to Europe last year and dropped into Dubai last year.
3 years ago I worked for a company that did a lot of work there.
That said my company became Australia's biggest corporate collapse. $900+ million.

Anyway they are my Dubai souvenir.
Reckon they look like South Park people 🙂.
Futue te ipsum!!!

modnrod Fahrvergnugen

978 posts · joined Mar 2011 ·

#1016718
I've got the same style mixer at my place. Our water has a heap of rocks and salts in it, so they only last a year or so then are toast.

I found a 50mm or so long socket-head capscrew (a bolt will do), from memory 8mm? Anyway, that and a sleeve made from 3/8" tubing and it's now piss-easy.

I DON'T have the same cuddling-bearded-men salt shakers though.............not that there's anything wrong with that.
😀

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#1016757
Why so many hoses? Mine has 2 hoses, 1 nut. I'm about to replace it because the old one has become porous. A garden sprinkler but in the kitchen.

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1016760
amazeer wrote:Why so many hoses? Mine has 2 hoses, 1 nut. I'm about to replace it because the old one has become porous. A garden sprinkler but in the kitchen.
Extra hoses is because it has a pull out spout thing. Very handy.
Futue te ipsum!!!

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1017107
It seems these things aren't made to last long???

My expensive one that came with the sink used to come loose every now & then and it was only about 2 years old. I had a socket stuck on one of the nuts... lol.. so it fairly easy to tighten... but it started leaking a few weeks ago, so I removed it and replaced it with a new cheap spare I had bought.
This new one also started to move about so last week I tightened it tighter than before and it feels much better to turn but it started to leak water every time You push the tap down to stop... the water comes from under the top of the tap and dribbles down onto the sink...
I want to fix the other expensive mixer but there is a grub screw holding the on/off hot cold arm..
I have tried every type of allen key and also splined bits but I can't see in there well enough to see what is there. it looks like an allen key grub screw. You take the red/blue button out, and it is in there.

I was hoping these ceramic type tap inserts would last a long time???
it seems like they don't???

Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!

1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#1017109
Maybe it is the newer ones Lee. I think we have replaced 2 out of our 3 in the last few years, but we put them in not long after they came out, about 20 years ago.
From your ole' mate Jeff