It's a Jones-Stephens B07130. I want to remove the 'plug', the 'lift and turn assembly' their schematic calls it. I installed it by screwing it into the shoe strainer. I may not be getting the threads right, or has it been made non-removable?

Both the lift and turn and push to close/open stoppers screw into the flange(spud).

Don't know about the J Stephens but many of mine has a threaded stub at the bottom of the stopper that threads into the strainer basket's "cross" and this threaded stud must be loosened by removing the top side knob that requires one larger pliers around the stopper's rim to steady it while unthreading the top knob, and once the knob is removed there is a square recess you can either use a square socket or a larger flat head screwdriver to unthread the whole thing.

Thanks. I don't quite understand your instructions. The stopper came as 1 piece, screwed into a threaded hole in the middle of the strainer. I thought it screwed all the way through, leaving an unthreaded piece of the stud to move freely. Why can't I lift it up so the stopper's threads mate with the strainer, unscrew it? I thought I just wasn't lining it up right, but can't get that to happen. Here's the instructions: [images.thdstatic.com] It was 5 years ago; I've forgotten.

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The part E in your parts diagram, see the screw at the bottom to the shaft? The smaller dial should unscrew from the larger lower disc to reveal the mechanism to unthread the stopper.

See the video below watch 28 seconds in is what I mean.

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Thanks. A set screw holds the cap onto the shaft. The shaft is thin enough at the top that the screw keeps the cap from coming off, not twists the shaft. Lower down on the shaft the set screw, when facing the flat part of the shaft, can apply torque to the shaft. But it wouldn't for me: the set screw must have come loose. I didn't remember how it worked, didn't want to force it. I had to take the screw off to figure it out.

I was surprised to find so much hair - don't know where that came from. Where's my hair weasel when I need it?



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hair is always getting into the strainer basket.

My average is for female tenants, at most 3 months the tub will clog full of hair and needs to be cleared out. Women tend to have longer hair and they use shampoo and body soap products that kind of gels the hair into a blob of greasy mess.

Male tenants take much longer to clog the tub drain.

I supply all my new tenants with a OXO Shower and Bath Tub Drain Protector and that helped a lot.