Stuck Bathroom Sink Drain Flange

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Scott Braithwaite

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Good morning/afternoon/evening,

In trying to install a new faucet we have encountered a stuck flange and cannot remove the old (1991) drain pipe.

We are using a socket wrench with various materials around the socket (electrical tape, non-slip rubber can opener grips, and even sunk a socket through a rubber stopper) pushed down into the flange while the other person holds the drain pipe.

Nothing is working. We're only getting slippage.

How might you folks go about this?

Thanks! :)
Scott
 
Just hacksaw off the drain part below the sink, after you lower the big retaining nut, then the sink flange will be free to lift away.

Or clamp a pair of vice grips onto the flange, then unscrew everything else from below.

Or bend all the edges of the sink drain flange upwards with a vice grip pliers, then it will drop down through the drain hole.
 
If you have a "Moto tool" type hand grinder you can use the cut-off disk to cut around the tube from the top (from inside the pipe). If you don't have one (very handy around the house) you can get a little cheepy one from Harbor Freight for under $10. Go in from the top just below the edge of the flange (the tube is very thin). Go around counter-clockwise so the disk doesn't catch, until the bottom tube drops off. ALL DONE!
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Do you mean oscillating tool? But that means that you must lay under the sink and cut over your face/eyes! With the Moto-tool and cutting disk you can cut it out from the top standing up. Cut about 1/2" down from the flange and cut counter clockwise. Should take about a minute.
 
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