On Jan 26, 6:06*pm, Harold Lathom wrote:
I need to remove an old pipe and need ideas as to how to remove it.

The 50-year-old 2-inch diameter threaded galvanized pipe that
horizontally protrudes about a half inch from the cabinet under the
kitchen sink is leaking where it meets the 10-year-old plastic pipes that
drain the kitchen sinks and garbage disposal unit.

The threads are all screwed up so I want to replace the nipple.

I can only see the last 1/2 inch of that threaded nipple but it appears
to go through the 3/4" thick kitchen cabinet into the wall about two
inches (or so) and into a T fitting where the vertical up pipe goes to a
vent on the roof while the vertical down pipe goes to the crawlspace
drain pipes.

The problem is how best to remove the four-inch long (I assume) nipple
when only 1/2" of it sticks out of the cabinet attached to the wall.

One option, of course, is to rip out the cabinet, but, that's a LOT of
work to replace a two-dollar four-inch-ling two-inch-wide nipple!

Is there an easier way to get the 50-year-old nipple out?

Are you absolutely sure that pipe is 2” and not 1 ½ “? You do know
that pipe diameters are measure from the inside and not the outside
right?

On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:09:30 -0800, Molly Brown wrote:
Are you absolutely sure that pipe is 2€� and not 1 ½ €œ? You do know that
pipe diameters are measure from the inside and not the outside right

Well, I 'was' sure, until you asked.

And, I am measuring from the outside to the outside (I had no idea HOW
they measure the stuff as all I want is a part that fits).

I'm not at that location right now so I can't double check; but I did a
rough measurement with my hands and then went to Home Depot and bought 2
inch replacement parts.

What is the 'normal' diameter of 1960's era kitchen sink drain pipe?