Hi I just attempted to remove the hot water nozzle from my washer. This is the nozzle attached to the pipe. It is jam and no matter what ( w-d 40, clanking and digging, it is as stubborn as most women are. ha ha ladies!. Any suggestion would help, I just purchased a washer but now I can't hook up the hot water hose.
2006-10-16 15:00:00 · 6 answers · asked by Jazi_1 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Let's start at the beginning and make sure your doing what you really should be doing (your description left a shadow of doubt in my mind). You should be trying to remove the hose connection that attaches to a valve on the wall for your washer. You should have turned off the valve first, then tried to loosen the hose by turning it counter clockwise, but it is not budging because it may have corroded to the valve ( a common occurrence). You've tried using a lubricant (tap on the connection after you apply and allow it to soak in for 30 minutes). You may need to use a pair of channel lock pliers on the hose connection and another one on the valve to make sure you don't torque the line the valve is connected to. A final attempt would be to apply heat to the hose connection (this will ruin your hose, so you'll have to get another if you haven't already). Be careful to apply around the outside of the hose connection and not so much to the valve. Then, try the pliers again, sometimes the heat will expand the connection and break it loose. Watch out for catching the WD-40 on fire, wipe up any excess before you try the heat and have an extinguisher handy, just in case.
2006-10-17 03:51:13 · answer #1 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Righty tighty lefty loosey. Sounds simple but people mess it up. Use channel locks to turn it if needed. A man, brut, may have turned it on too hard to easily turn it off. If all else fails turn the main water supply off to the house and replace the valve.
2006-10-16 15:10:06 · answer #2 · answered by blue_eagle74 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be able to get it with a couple of pipe wrench's, providing you have the room. And if you can get a pipe on the end of one of the pipe wrech's , that will give you some extra leverage.
2006-10-16 15:10:48 · answer #3 · answered by Lawrence F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a pipe wrench the harder you push the harder it grips.
2006-10-16 15:04:02 · answer #4 · answered by HB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a oioe wrench or a monkey wrench squeeze and turn.
2006-10-16 15:03:08 · answer #5 · answered by BigWally 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
channel locks + one man!
2006-10-16 16:02:56 · answer #6 · answered by Bonno 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋