On 15/11/2012 20:40, GMM wrote:
On 15/11/2012 18:11, stuart noble wrote:
On 15/11/2012 18:02, Roger Mills wrote:
On 15/11/2012 13:42, stuart noble wrote:
The spout on our kitchen mixer tap has always been a bit stiff so I
thought I'd take it off and have a look. Problem is, the grub screw at
the back is too close to the tiles to get any sort of screwdriver in
there. I had thought I could hold a bit in a pair of mole grips, but
even that's too long. The gap I have is around 23mm. An allen key
with a
phillips/pozi head might fit, but is there such a thing? I'm sure
plumbers must have encountered this problem.
Cheers for any advice

I'm not quite sure from your post whether the screw has a socket for an
Allen key, or whether it's Pozi.

However - whichever it is - I assume that you've got a bit which fits
it? The bit is presumably hexagonal is section, to fit a normal driver?
Rather than use a Mole Wrench, why not rotate the bit with a suitably
sized ring spanner? If the bit is too long for the available space,
grind some off the non-working end.

Chicken and egg. I think it's a pozi but I can't tell for sure because
the bit's too long. Yes, it's angle grinder time.
I'm guessing the grub screw has no effect on how freely the spout moves,
and I'm now wondering whether there's anything I can do even if I take
it apart
If I remember rightly, the grub screw sits in a groove in the spout and
stops it moving up and out of the fitting so, in principle, taking that
out should let you lift it out (cack in the gap permitting)

That's what I thought. This thing has been stiff since the day it was
fitted. I hoped it would loosen up in use but that hasn't happened