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Plumbing Headache
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I'm replacing the 90° shutoff valves to a sink faucet and so I want the outlet thingy pointing straight up towards the sink. But as I'm tightening a new valve by hand it starts to get tight at like 9 o'clock. I use a wrench to tighten it to 12 o'clock but I know it's not tight enough. I try it anyhow and yep, it leaks. Not a lot, but it leaks. Of course I can't tighten it another entire revolution. I can muscle it around to 6 or 7 o'clock.

What can I do? If I went to the trouble of replacing the 2 inch nipple it attaches to, would the result be any different? Should I get the tools to thread my own custom nipple and offset the threads by 180°?
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Plumbing Headache - by Mike Johnson - 12-13-2020, 01:32 AM
Re: Plumbing Headache - by space-time - 12-13-2020, 02:16 AM
Re: Plumbing Headache - by space-time - 12-13-2020, 02:17 AM
Re: Plumbing Headache - by Mike Johnson - 12-13-2020, 05:15 AM
Re: Plumbing Headache - by MikeF - 12-13-2020, 05:44 AM
Re: Plumbing Headache - by Dennis S - 12-13-2020, 10:31 AM
Re: Plumbing Headache - by space-time - 12-13-2020, 01:36 PM
Re: Plumbing Headache - by space-time - 12-13-2020, 01:39 PM
Re: Plumbing Headache - by mattkime - 12-14-2020, 06:14 AM

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