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| posted on July 16th, 2015 at 07:56 PM |
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Is there a plumber in the house?
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
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| posted on July 16th, 2015 at 08:31 PM |
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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
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| posted on July 16th, 2015 at 08:32 PM |
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2 long brass nuts i think
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| posted on July 16th, 2015 at 08:37 PM |
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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,
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| posted on July 16th, 2015 at 08:49 PM |
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Tube/ box socket/ spanner will be the go. They get called variations of these names, but essentially they are a length of pipe with a hex on each end.
You can get pretty cheap sets from places like SuperCheap. Do a search on Ebay. They are about $20 for a set of 6
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| posted on July 16th, 2015 at 08:53 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by silver
2 long brass nuts i think
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Arrrggghhh!!!!!................ one hiding that I really cant get to
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| posted on July 16th, 2015 at 08:54 PM |
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Oh..and thanks 
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| posted on July 16th, 2015 at 09:42 PM |
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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 !
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| posted on July 16th, 2015 at 10:18 PM |
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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
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| posted on July 16th, 2015 at 10:50 PM |
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Bingo!
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| posted on July 17th, 2015 at 10:31 AM |
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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
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| posted on July 17th, 2015 at 11:47 AM |
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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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| posted on July 17th, 2015 at 12:08 PM |
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Our mixer came with the long tube spanner, complete with T bar handle..
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| posted on July 17th, 2015 at 04:24 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Camo
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
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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  .
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| posted on July 19th, 2015 at 06:04 AM |
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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.
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| posted on July 19th, 2015 at 07:58 PM |
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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.
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| posted on July 19th, 2015 at 08:31 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by amazeer
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.
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Extra hoses is because it has a pull out spout thing. Very handy.
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| posted on July 27th, 2015 at 11:54 PM |
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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???
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| posted on July 28th, 2015 at 12:41 AM |
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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
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