it can be incredibly difficult removing tap handles when you want to service the
tap so in this video we're just going to take a quick look at how to remove that
like I say it can be very difficult first thing we're going to do is put the plug in the sink
and that will stop anything from falling down the waste to start off with we need to remove the cap
from the tap you can often do that with your nail it depends how badly stuck it is sometimes you're
just going to need a flat bladed screwdriver simply pop that in there and prise out the cap
in the top of there is a Phillips screw we now need to remove that
sometimes this can be difficult because the screw can actually be down in the actual tap itself
and we do actually need to remove that
so that's the screw removed
so the big problem is that the handle actually gets stuck on the headgear underneath or on
the cartridge and you can't get it off I would always recommend getting hold of it and rocking
it from side to side giving it some upwards force that will enable you to remove it in some cases
sometimes it's impossible to get them off it's just like they've been welded onto the headgear
it's a good idea to put some spray penetrant down the top there and that can help to release
the bond between the handle and the head gear you can get this special tool which has been purchased
from eBay and the seller is called tap magician they actually have their own website basically
this is just like a bearing puller that you would use on a vehicle Etc it's exactly the
same design but originally I was thinking of using a gear puller or a bearing puller
until I actually found this so this is quite easy to use we simply put that around the top
ensuring that you've removed the screw from the tap then back that off
and I did actually try out one of these the other week and it actually broke
the actual puller itself but they did send me out a new one so obviously that tap handle was
incredibly tight going to get outside the tool at the bottom is underneath the tap head and
then we simply tighten the top part and that will actually extract the handle from the tap
like so you can then lift that off
so for the next demonstration I'm actually going to super glue that on and you can see
there's quite a lot of super glue on that so that should stick on there really firmly
so just give that 10 minutes now and then uh we'll try and remove that handle
the next thing we're going to use is an external bearing puller
so that has three jaws on the bottom there they will hook around the handle we then screw in
the hammer part which is a slide hammer when we tighten that part up that'll grip the tap
and then we simply use that as a hammer and that will hopefully remove even
the most stubborn of tap handles so I'm going to put that around the tap handle
and then we need to tighten up that knurled part
and that will tighten the three legs up onto the tap handle
we can then hold that in
position we can take these slide hammer and we can Hammer upwards
and as you can see that has successfully removed
the tap handle and that was actually super glued on there