Anyone have a suggestion on a tool or technique to tighten these nuts on a top mount bath sink…. the cavity is too narrow to fit either of my basin wrenches and I’ve had no luck with anything else.
Thanks
TN
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flare nut crows foot? 12 point style?
2nd vote for the crows foot...
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Take the extension off and use a deep socket?
if it doesn't leak as is...
don't mess with it...
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Hand tighten, back off just a bit. Than turn handle or stub, on top side 1/2 turn away from correct final facing position. Again re-hand tighten nut from underside to just barely snug. Than top side twist handle or stub forward. Their should be enough pressure when hand tightened from bellow for nut to stay put as turning from top tightens. Sort of like tightening conduit connectors to knock-outs in junction boxes. Had a guy ask last week while struggling and smashing his knuckles with small channel locks in the box to remove the nuts, "Man how did you get these so frigging tight?" Told him "Ahh Danial son one must at times think outside the box." Ehhh, junction box, outside the box, tighten connector from outside. Ya, he didn't think it so funny with bloody knuckles either. Oh well.
I am confused at what the photo shows.
Starting at the bottom of the basin and working down the faucet body: there appears to be a washer, then a flanged nut (which needs tightening) then a threaded portion, then an unknown lump of brass (is this an adapter of some sort?), then another short set of threads to attach the supply tubes
Does the "unknown lump of brass" thread on to the upper threaded section?
If yes, remove the "unknown lump of brass" and tighten the flanged nut with a plumbers socket wrench -- thin walled, steel, hexagonal shaped -- which is designed to be turned with an open end wrench, another socket, or a rod which is passed through two holes in the sides of the socket. Plumber's sockets are open on both ends and any length of pipe will pass through them. A plumbing supply house will sell such sockets in sets along with the rod to turn them. Maybe at a big box also......
Does the faucet set have another nut on the top side of the basin? If yes, then it becomes a game of loosening the top nut and adjusting the bottom nut to the point where, when the top nut is tightened the bottom nut also tightens up.
As others have said a crows foot wrench may go into that opening, it would be dicey with the ones I have -- mine are open end, not a flare nut or box style.
Good luck,
Jim
maybe a speed wrench....but a crow's foot would be so easy (flare nut style),
if the arms on the crow's foot are too wide you could grind them down. You don't need much torque there and you'd have the tool for future similar applications
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