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Thread: Flik Mixers lose
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5th January 2008, 09:12 PM #1
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Flik Mixers lose
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.
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5th January 2008, 09:21 PM #2
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tube spanner works best.
If you dont play it, it's not an instrument!
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6th January 2008, 12:17 AM #3
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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 .....
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6th January 2008, 01:55 AM #4
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Called a basin wrench.
Originally Posted by 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 .....
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
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7th January 2008, 01:18 PM #5
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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.
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7th January 2008, 01:52 PM #6
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Maybe a spring washer or some loctite as well if it is coming undone.
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7th January 2008, 06:04 PM #7
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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.
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16th January 2008, 09:24 AM #8
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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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