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?
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
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...
Find or make a bit of square steel that is slightly bigger diagonally, jam it in and turn.
Tap a wood chisel or similar slightly oversized metal blade into the hole and unscrew by gripping the blade with pliers etc.
Or maybe melt it a bit?
Brian
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.
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