Hello All – and thanks for reading my post.

I have a WhisperFlo WFE-3 pump. On the fluid part of the pump there are two threaded thumb twist drain plugs. One below the pot and one near the impeller. The exposed part of each drain plug (on the outside of the pump) resembles a wing nut.

Here's my dilemma: The "Thumb Twist" section, (the part of the threaded plug you would grab onto to loosen or tighten) of one of the plugs is snapped off, and the threaded part of the plug is in the socket, but cannot be loosened or tightened because there is nothing to grab to turn the plug.

Any tricks to remove this busted drain plug so I can replace it with a new one?

A good comparison of what has occurred would be if the head of a screw broke off with no exposed male shaft outside of the female socket. How would I get the shaft out of the socket?

Any thoughts?


Peace,
J