Hello all, Just found this group and thought I would ask this question here.

I have a little problem. My water sprinkler head needs replacing and it would be
a pretty simple matter IF the darn thing didn't snap off RIGHT at the thread
point IN the pipe! Any ideas how to remove the 1/2 inch plastic thread end from
a larger PVC pipe?.. I need to unscrew it but there is NOTHING to grab onto. The
break is FLUSH with the 2nd pipe.

I hate to have to cut and replace the whole section.. there must be some trick I
could use.

Thanks for any suggestions..

You have to wedge something INTO the pipe hole. There are things called
"EZ-outs" for removing broken screws. I think there are big ones. They
have a left-hand thread.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:10:04 -0700, Pluvious
wrote:


Hello all, Just found this group and thought I would ask this question here.

I have a little problem. My water sprinkler head needs replacing and it would be
a pretty simple matter IF the darn thing didn't snap off RIGHT at the thread
point IN the pipe! Any ideas how to remove the 1/2 inch plastic thread end from
a larger PVC pipe?.. I need to unscrew it but there is NOTHING to grab onto. The
break is FLUSH with the 2nd pipe.

I hate to have to cut and replace the whole section.. there must be some trick I
could use.

Thanks for any suggestions..

While you are buying the head, look in the same section for a tool to
remove these pipes. T- shaped...red handle thingy...

In a pinch I have used a knife blade, gently force into the thread and
rotated out. Not much pressure is really needed.

Oren

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:19:06 -0700, Oren wrote:

|On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:10:04 -0700, Pluvious
|wrote:
|
|
|Hello all, Just found this group and thought I would ask this question here.
|
|I have a little problem. My water sprinkler head needs replacing and it would be
|a pretty simple matter IF the darn thing didn't snap off RIGHT at the thread
|point IN the pipe! Any ideas how to remove the 1/2 inch plastic thread end from
|a larger PVC pipe?.. I need to unscrew it but there is NOTHING to grab onto. The
|break is FLUSH with the 2nd pipe.
|
|I hate to have to cut and replace the whole section.. there must be some trick I
|could use.
|
|Thanks for any suggestions..
|
|While you are buying the head, look in the same section for a tool to
|remove these pipes. T- shaped...red handle thingy...
|
|In a pinch I have used a knife blade, gently force into the thread and
|rotated out. Not much pressure is really needed.
|
|Oren

Thanks very much for the help.

Go to a hardware store and ask for an internal pipe wrench that will fit
1/2" pipe. They're not very expensive. They have a serrated cam
portion that you stick in the pipe, and when you apply torque, it'll
grab the internal surface.


Pluvious wrote:
Hello all, Just found this group and thought I would ask this question here.

I have a little problem. My water sprinkler head needs replacing and it would be
a pretty simple matter IF the darn thing didn't snap off RIGHT at the thread
point IN the pipe! Any ideas how to remove the 1/2 inch plastic thread end from
a larger PVC pipe?.. I need to unscrew it but there is NOTHING to grab onto. The
break is FLUSH with the 2nd pipe.

I hate to have to cut and replace the whole section.. there must be some trick I
could use.

Thanks for any suggestions..

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:40:01 -0700, Pluvious
wrote:

|While you are buying the head, look in the same section for a tool to
|remove these pipes. T- shaped...red handle thingy...
|
|In a pinch I have used a knife blade, gently force into the thread and
|rotated out. Not much pressure is really needed.
|
|Oren

Thanks very much for the help.

Picture of the tool.

http://www.starnursery.com/show_deta...d2110176afeb39

Oren

Pluvious wrote:
Hello all, Just found this group and thought I would ask this question here.

I have a little problem. My water sprinkler head needs replacing and it would be
a pretty simple matter IF the darn thing didn't snap off RIGHT at the thread
point IN the pipe! Any ideas how to remove the 1/2 inch plastic thread end from
a larger PVC pipe?.. I need to unscrew it but there is NOTHING to grab onto. The
break is FLUSH with the 2nd pipe.

I hate to have to cut and replace the whole section.. there must be some trick I
could use.

Thanks for any suggestions..

Oren gave you the right answer, and he's also right that you can use a
knife, a very stiff-bladed knife with an edge on both sides works best.

But the tool he refers to is the safest.