Flik Mixers lose

[Jimbeam]

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.

[bricks]

tube spanner works best.

[manoftalent]

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 .....

[journeyman Mick]

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 .....

Called a basin wrench.

Mick

[wonderplumb]

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.

[Tools]

Maybe a spring washer or some loctite as well if it is coming undone.

Tools

[bricks]

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.

[Jimbeam]

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.

Cheer