Busted Thumb Twist Drain Plug - Suggestions?

[simsjim]

hmm.. I think the indentation is broken too

BUT the back-out tool, sounds like a bet. I'll see if I can find one at the Home Despot.

Thanks for the quick suggestion!

[chrisexv6]

If you cant find an extraction tool that works, try scraping a slot into whats left of the plug, then just use a flat blade screwdriver to take it out.

I have those wing-nut-type drain plugs in my pump too, Ive always just wanted to replace them with regular hex-head plugs for just this reason......but they havent broken (yet ).

-Chris

[waste]

Another, perhaps easier, way to do as Chris said is to just take a hammer to the butt of a flathead screwdriver and drive it into the plastic enough to create the slot you need. (a not as easy way could be to heat up the head of the screwdriver and melt, and let cool, a slot into it)

[CarlD]

For removing metal bolts and screws you use a tool called an "Easy-Out". You drill a hole of the correct size in the screw, then insert the Easy-Out turning counter-clockwise until it bites down and loosens the screw.