Speedy Jim wrote:
wrote:
Here is a pictu
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22...House/pipe.jpg

The 90 turns down and at the end is the flange/lip (right above the
black gasket/ring). It's there where it is cracked. The pipe coming out
of the wall I THINK is chrome, or was at one time. The horizontal end
of the 90 looks welded or something in there.


Bit hard to tell from the pic, but years ago the
practice was to solder the chrome tubular trap arm
into a "solder bushing". The bushing is brass and
has pipe threads on the outside to screw into
the 90 or TEE in the wall.

There is no good tool to get the bushing out and
usually have to make a saw cut thru the side and
then collapse the bushing.

Solder bushings are no longer used and a "Desanco"
fitting (compression) replaces the bushing:
http://media.doitbest.com/products/404280.gif

Jim
Well judging from the pic you can try to unscrew the first chrome
looking nut from the wall. It looks like its backwards from what I'm
used to. It should come off counter clockwise and be a compression
washer on the 90º that would normally slide into the pipe that comes
out of the wall. If it comes of clockwise ( and that is what it looks
like) there will probably be a flange coming from he wall and the 90º
will be threaded where it meets the pipe going into the wall. If that's
the case then post a picture after you take that off. You should be
able to do it with moderate persuasion from some Channel-Locs.
It actually looks like there's a flange soldered into the copper? waste
that goes into the wall.
Is this your house or a rental?
Richard