FINALLY!!!!! Someone who doesn't keep saying "Yeah it's so easy to find how to unscrew it without tools!! " Jeese! If I knew all you had to do is what you showed me I'd have it off much quicker.
Agree with the others, this is the only working solution I found. Mine is an AB&A pop up stopper. Works exactly like described. 9/16 wrench and finding the right slot for it (there is only one) and then that allowed for me to loosen the cap, then the screw. Needed an oversized flat head with an electric drill. Needle nose pliers for the cleaning. Done! Thanks!
Man!! thank you thank you thank you!! we have been trying to get our drain off for YEARS and no other videos offered this idea. we were trying again tonight to figure it out and stumbled upon your video and it WORKED IMMEDIATELY!! you're the best man!! im so excited to take a shower lol
thanks so much I watched the others first that said just screw it but that didnt work but yes yours did thanks for the video not a great plumber but learning, I try to do everything around house and I am a woman, but when you have a great teacher it works
Thank You Thank You !! My sons bathroom tub has been clogged for about 2 years. One night I decided to finally get this done. I was thinking that the flat bolt head had to be loosened. Using pliers and some firm grip turning counter clockwise I was able to loosen and finally unclog. Oct 2023 🛁 🔧
There are variations of this stopper. Mine did not have the slotted center shaft, but required a 1/2" open end wrench to remove. Sometimes the "plumber" has to think for himself.
I'm just going to leave this comment in case anyone has the same issue I had. My drain stopper looks just like this one, but on mine the top "cap" doesn't come off. On mine the top cap and the larger, lower circle part are all one piece. I still used plyers to turn the top cap counterclockwise and eventually it loosened near the bottom and the whole thing unscrewed as one piece. So, if anyone is having trouble getting the small top cap to unscrew, it might be connected to the bottom circle as one piece.
I've already tried to use pliers for the top. I'm just going to use a gripper and see if I can unscrew it and then, I'll use my screwdriver to remove the bottom screw. I mean, it's too annoying and difficult and remove the top of the drain.