Broken pull-out kitchen mixer tap

[mike]

The pull-out kitchen mixer tap has just snapped off leaving its rear end in the hose connection.

There's not enough to grip with pliers and wrapping a suitably-sized dowel in non-slip mat didn't produce enough torque. I thought I might be able to cut some slots in the plastic to screw it out but it's hard to get a deep enough groove.

So can anyone suggest a way to remove the threaded remains?

[Bob Minchin]

Use a screw extractor - basically a coarse, tapered lefthand thread tap selected to suit the ID of the part to be removed

A standard engineering tool

[Toby]

I had the same with a shower once, used closed pliers shoved in the hole, lots of pressure pushing into the hole, and anti-clockwise rotation, seemed to do the job...

[F Murtz]

Find or make a bit of square steel that is slightly bigger diagonally, jam it in and turn.

[harryagain]

Tap a wood chisel or similar slightly oversized metal blade into the hole and unscrew by gripping the blade with pliers etc.

[Brian Gaff]

Or maybe melt it a bit?

Brian

[mike]

Thanks for all the excellent suggestions, folks.

Harry's was the one wot done it. Strap wrench on the hose end, wood chisel in the broken tail.