Toilet Tank Help

04-30-2012, 07:59 PM	#1
amd250 Newbie   Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5	Toilet Tank Help Can someone please help me with getting these off the tank. The two smaller parts just keep turning, and the bigger part is just stuck on there. The toiet is from 1957. Attached Thumbnails

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04-30-2012, 08:03 PM	#2
joecaption Member   Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hartfield VA Posts: 18,315	Toilet Tank Help You are butting a wide blade screw driver on the slot inside the tank to keep the screw from turning right?

04-30-2012, 08:05 PM	#3
amd250 Newbie   Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5	Toilet Tank Help trying to.

04-30-2012, 08:39 PM	#4
joecaption Member   Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hartfield VA Posts: 18,315	Toilet Tank Help It's going to take two people to do this. Since the bolts been there that long I'd be using my impact screw gun with an adaptor so it will fit a socket by now. If that did not work I'd use my sawsall.

04-30-2012, 09:45 PM	#5
ben's plumbing Member   Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: pa Posts: 3,199	Toilet Tank Help Quote: Originally Posted by amd250 trying to. I would not use the impact wrench that china is brittle..just me maybe chicken.....use the sawazll it is the better choice even at that be careful...

04-30-2012, 10:03 PM	#6
jaydevries Member   Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: ohio Posts: 1,004	Toilet Tank Help i would use a multi tool "fein, ridgid, bosch,or milwaukee" less aggressive vs sawzall and cut nut so you can put screwdriver in to cut and turn which will spread nut then slide off of threads __________________ be careful my advice only comes from general knowledge i know about the 4 rules it takes to plumb and they are 1 poop needs to flow down hill. 2 hot on left cold on right 3 i get a pay check on Mondays 4 do not chew finger nails at or after work.

04-30-2012, 10:39 PM	#7
a7ecorsair I=E/R     Join Date: May 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,052	Toilet Tank Help Quote: Originally Posted by amd250 The toiet is from 1957. I doubt it is a collectors edition, could be time for a new one

05-01-2012, 07:07 AM	#8
COLDIRON Member   Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: PENNSYLVANIA Posts: 1,903	Toilet Tank Help Quote: Originally Posted by jaydevries i would use a multi tool "fein, ridgid, bosch,or milwaukee" less aggressive vs sawzall and cut nut so you can put screwdriver in to cut and turn which will spread nut then slide off of threads I second that

05-01-2012, 09:49 AM	#9
Evstarr Member   Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 513	Toilet Tank Help Quote: Originally Posted by a7ecorsair I doubt it is a collectors edition lmao! That old seems likely to crack at the application of anything more powerful than a Dremel to me.