Bathroom Sink Pop Up Stopper Removal. Loosen and remove the p trap from the branch drain and sink drain tailpiece using channel type pliers. If you cannot remove the stopper this way you will have to go underneath the sink to remove the stopper. If it doesn t turn use pliers to remove the nut.
For this reason some people prefer to remove the sink pop up stopper altogether and use a rubber stopper. How to remove a bathtub pop up drain stopper.
Locate the nut on the sidewall of the drainpipe.
Then go back to the clip and squeeze the ends together. Old style mechanisms like the one shown in our illustration above and newer spring loaded pop ups. Now that the bottom of the tailpipe if free from the p trap loosen the nut that connects it to the threaded bottom of the sink drain. Look beneath the sink and find the.
