http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Pop-Up-Drain-Repair-23294029 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:31:46 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:31:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Pop-Up-Drain-Repair-23294422 said by drew:

At the "bottom" of the linkage, there's a spring and it ends in a horizontal open ended piece of metal that is obviously designed to go through the holes in the other part of the stopper assembly.

From my limited knowledge, the spring thing popped out from the holes. I need to put it back in, however I can't seem to figure out a way to snake the whole thing down the vertical drop then through what must be a 90 degree turn instead of further down the drain.
I'm not sure what to make of your description of the spring and where it attaches. A pic would really help.

Is the stopper assembly out of the drain or still in there?

[edit] OK -- I think I understand how these work now. I don't think the spring you are referring to attachs to the rest of the drain. The drain is in two parts -- the pop up in the tub and the knob and linkage in the overflow pipe. The pop up is controlled with a rocker arm which the spring on the bottom of the linkage pushes against. Take a look at the drawing below from the Lowes website from link below

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»www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=h···HowTo#a1

[edit again] Home Depot has some pretty descriptive drawings on the following link to show the two parts of the drain.

»www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/sto···alogId=1

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Pop-Up-Drain-Repair-23294422 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:04:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Pop-Up-Drain-Repair-23294330
Unfortunately some behind/under the bathtub problems can only be fixed by cutting a hole in the wall behind the tub. If you're lucky, the hole will be in a closet wall and you can just install an access hatch where the hole is. If it's an exposed wall, there's drywall repair and paint involved.

Hopefully that's not necessary, but without any pics it's going to be hard to tell.
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/tom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Pop-Up-Drain-Repair-23294230 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:04:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Pop-Up-Drain-Repair-23294198 said by drew:

Any advice?

Get a plumber.


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. . . seeking professional help . . . ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Pop-Up-Drain-Repair-23294198 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:54:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Pop-Up-Drain-Repair-23294029
The pop up drain is controlled by a knob that is attached (via a screw through an eyelet type hook) to what from my research is the standard linkage assembly that most tubs use, except with a lever instead of a knob.

At the "bottom" of the linkage, there's a spring and it ends in a horizontal open ended piece of metal that is obviously designed to go through the holes in the other part of the stopper assembly.

From my limited knowledge, the spring thing popped out from the holes. I need to put it back in, however I can't seem to figure out a way to snake the whole thing down the vertical drop then through what must be a 90 degree turn instead of further down the drain.

Any advice?
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