Bathroom Sink Plug Mechanism

When you push or pull on the lift rod it activates a lever the extends through the drain tailpiece.

Bathroom sink plug mechanism.

Free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon. Insert the stopper into the drain. If your sink isn t draining properly cleaning your pop up mechanism is the first step. Pf waterworks 1 25 in.

Also attached to the clevis with a spring clip is a pivot rod which passes through a retaining nut into the drain. Dia pop up drain for bathroom sink lavatory transparent body with overflow in brushed nickel tailpiece model pf0729 bn tr 12 55. The pivot nut is threaded onto a short stub on the drainpipe and is the entry point for the pivot rod into the drain. Only 5 left in stock order soon.

Landmark home warranty shows how you can fix or maintain the plug on your sink otherwise known as the pop up mechanism. You can find a step by step guide fo. The lever hooks onto the stopper through a hole or hook on the bottom of a long plastic flange that s attached to the stopper. Tighten the retaining nut just enough to hold the horizontal pivot rod in place.

Tighten the clevis screw where you marked it before. Slide the clevis over the stopper rod and insert the horizontal pivot rod into the drainpipe. Uratot 2 pack tub stopper bathroom sink drain plug universal silicone drain stopper for kitchen bathtub and bathroom sink drains black gray. With the end of the linkage rod in its most downward position choose the hole in the lift rod assembly that best fits it.

Unscrew the pivot nut and pull it out with the pivot rod. Danco 1 1 4 inch rubber drain stopper white carded 80225. First the stopper which has a rocker arm that extends back toward the drain and second the overflow assembly a lever that lifts or lowers a rod with a spring like end. A sink stopper mechanism isn t difficult to understand.

Pull it straight off along with the inserted pivot rod. Test the stopper rod to ensure all the moving parts are reattached. Screw the linkage retainer nut onto its place on the body of the pop up assembly. Turn the nut counterclockwise by hand or use a wrench if necessary to unthread it.

Underneath the sink the lift rod attaches to a perforated metal bar called the clevis by means of a clevis screw which is loosened or tightened by hand or by screwdriver. If your sink won t plug with the pop up mechanism you will have to replace it with a new one. If the pivot rod is not connected to the stopper then the basin will not be plugged and water will keep draining out of the sink. When you flip the overflow lever up it pushes the rod down on the stopper s rocker arm which raises the stopper.