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OK, after 4 years of living in my new place, my flik mixer has decided to undo itself. I installed a granite benchtop and undermount sinkin my parents place and also a flik mixer but I can never get it tight enough and it come loose a few months later. Is there a special tool to tighten them up as there is very little space to work in.
tube spanner works best.
go to bunnies and in the plumbing dept you will find something that looks a bit like a stilson wrench on an extention rod .....its designed to get into tight spots and do up / undo the nut your talking about ....specially if a tube spanner wont go there ...oh and they are about $45-50 .....:oo:
Called a basin wrench.Quote:
Originally Posted by manoftalent
Mick
A basin wrench you will more than likely find to be a pain, especially if its a double bowl sink. As Bricks said a tube spanner or even a deep socket, they are typically 11mm or 13mm.
Maybe a spring washer or some loctite as well if it is coming undone.
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I would'nt use loctite because then you'l really have trouble getting it undone should you want to. Instead wrap one or two times with thread tape- just enough to make it bind up a bit more.
Thanks for your input guys. I'll see if I can get a tube socket, much better cost effective sollution. And yeah, both sinks are double bowled with very little room between. I can get a regular spanner on my parents tap but just lacking that last nip to get it real tight. I'll post back soon on how I go.
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