Toilet Plunger Handle Broke Off

debodun

debodun

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way upstate in New York, USA
Right where it goes into the rubber part and it broke off far enough down into the hole that I can't grab it with pliers to unscrew it (see red line in photo). I have an extra handle, but I can't figure out how to get the wood out of the hole. Any suggestions?

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Take the plunge and buy a new one.

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debodun said:
Right where it goes into the rubber part and it broke off far enough down into the hole that I can't grab it with pliers to unscrew it (see red line in photo). I have an extra handle, but I can't figure out how to get the wood out of the hole. Any suggestions?

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Drill a hole into the wood part that is still in the plunger. Dont drill right through. Just enough to make the hole a bit smaller than a screwdriver blade.

Drive the blade into the hole with a hammer. Grab the screwdriver and turn it counter clockwise to unscrew the part that is left in the rubber. It should come out easily.

If you had a left hand thread screw extractor you could do it the same way.

I'm always repairing stiff. I don't believe in throwing anything away if I can fix it.

Since you have a replacement handle do I have to tell you how to put it back into the rubber part? L.O.L.
 
All fixed. I went after it with a large flat-head screwdriver. The wood was so rotten that I was able to gouge it out enough to screw in the other handle. Our water his is so acidic that it probably eats away the wooden in the handle eventually. The town tested out water once and the pH of my sample was 5.5 on a scale of 1 to 14 (pH of 7 is neutral, below that is acidic, above that is alkaline).
 
In the RV, I use a toilet plunger (new!) as my "washing machine". I bought a small plunger, drilled some holes in the rubber part and when I'm laundering hand washables in a bucket, I use the plunger as an "agitator". I plunge up and down with it; it's easy on the clothes and keeps my hands out of the soapy water. Dump the water, run some fresh water in and plunge again for the rinse.
 
jujube said:
In the RV, I use a toilet plunger (new!) as my "washing machine". I bought a small plunger, drilled some holes in the rubber part and when I'm laundering hand washables in a bucket, I use the plunger as an "agitator". I plunge up and down with it; it's easy on the clothes and keeps my hands out of the soapy water. Dump the water, run some fresh water in and plunge again for the rinse.
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Yup, an ol' off grid tool

Plungers have many uses

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They key is timing your flush.....the bombardier always opens the doors, just before dropping his bombs!
 
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