How Do I Install Cone Washer In Recessed Supply Tube Fitting?

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How Do I Install Cone Washer In Recessed Supply Tube Fitting?

Author: JeffNC (NC)

First, I am NOT a plumber . . . but I am a mechanically-technical guy.

So: how to I fit the stupid cone washer down over the recessed metal lug in a 27-year-old mobile home bathroom sink supply line? These particular "cone washers" are more "stepped" than "conical", but I think that the general idea is the same.

No, I don't want to replace the supply line since it is PEX (or whatever the equivalent in an older mobile home might be called) and I don't want to mess with crimping rings around plastic which is that old.

I have tried working it down over the lug with a tiny screwdriver after slathering it with dielectric grease, heating it slightly and stretching it over a turkey baster tube to increase I.D., but nothing seems to work.

One puzzling thing: I managed to get the cone washer on the other supply tube into position with relatively little drama; why is this one "fighting me" so hard . . ?

Jeff

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Re: How Do I Install Cone Washer In Recessed Supply Tube Fitting?
Author: packy (MA) will heating the rubber slightly make it softer? i don't know i've never tried it?
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