How to replace kohler bathtub stopper? - Home

Try turning it to the left

Your best solution for this is to contact a plumber or someone at a local plumbing wholesale store.


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Another remedy if you can't find the same lugs or stoppers, is go to any hardware or home depot store and get those little plastic stoppers that are felt or adhesive back that is used for the bottom of kitchen chairs so as not to scratch harwood floors, you can use them fo substitute . Also they make small round 1/4 inch plastic little bumps used for home slider window stops. Hope this helps you get that toilet seat up and running , or is that down and running :) mike

Spring loaded chrome stopper will not stay down to fill tub with water.

Okay, remove 2 phillips head screws at lever handle/overflow.

Pull firmly with much effort and bowing the connecting rod a bit.

Up will come a heavy duty spring on the end of the rod.(prolly a big slimly hair ball too!)

Hope you get the spring, cause that's what works the drain stop.

If spring doesn't come out you'll have to "fish" it out.

Clean everything up real good and flush drain good also now.

The "Secret" now is to put the Lever,rod and spring assembly back in and replace screws and get the lever flipped to the left BEFORE you put the Drain Stop in.

Need clarification....the drain leaks to the ceiling below, or it doesn't hold water? If it doesn't hold water, no need to replace the ring. Those can be adjusted. Simply pull up on on the lever and screw it in clockwise. This will lower the stop and hold the water. If it actually leaks below, unscrew said stopper, grab a pair of needle nose pliers and place them in the drain (to grab the strainer) and use another pair to loosen. Once off, clean around drain and clean strainer, apply plumbers putty to the strainer, apply pipe "dope" (thread sealant) to the threads and tighten back in. Good luck!

the stopper just sits in the hole. When you turn the knob the cable operates the piece that raises and lowers the drain plug. The weight of it and the suction of the water is what seals it....provided the o-ring is good on the plug.

you any thing that can fit the surface of the stopper and provide a good suction

It is threaded in.

Most times they are installed hand tight and can be removed by grasping and turning counter-clockwise.

Channel locking pliers may be used to remove the existing stopper, it will be discarded anyway. The new unit only needs to be hand tight.

Good luck
Aduz

Have whoever installed the shower set come back and fix the diverter. It should be a relatively simple adjustment.