Prime-Line RP77323 Tub Drain Remover Wrench, Heavy Duty (Single Pack)

New tub drain went in easily with this tool. After struggling for a week to get the old tub drain out it was a relief to have the replacement go in so easily. I couldn't use this to get the old one out because the cross pieces in my 20-year old drain were broken. If you have that same problem, I highly recommend the Rectorseal 97258 Golden Extractor Tub Drain Tool (purchased on Amazon). Two other tools, including a knurled one that didn't go far enough into the bore and the expensive Rigid expanding internal wrench were total fails for me. I'm sure this tool would have worked well to remove my old drain if it had cross pieces but unfortunately that wasn't the case for me. It did work perfectly for installing the new drain, however.

Good tool, it's well made and fits great. It held up well to the reinstall of the drain unfortunately my drain was too degraded to be removed with this tool. If the cross hair in your drain is starting to degrade this tool will probably not work for you however you will still need it to install the new drain which is a snap with this tool.

A tool I probably will not use often but very critical when you need to replace a shower drain assembly. The foot stopper broke and I decided to just replace the drain assembly with a new one. I tried the method of using plier handles before purchasing this tool and broke one of the "spokes" in the drain. This tool worked perfectly and I wasted no time replacing the drain. Worth the money and be the hero when someone you know needs their drain replaced. Who doesn't want to be a hero?

I am glad I got this tool to replace the bathtub drain set. I got it in Amazon warehouse deal. It has a few scratches but who cares. The tool is very sturdy. The top area is round and I wish it could have been a ranch supportive square hole. But it worked great.

Simple tool that makes changing your tub drain much easier. Not a tool you will use often unless you are a plumber or handyman; however, for the price it is worth keeping one in your toolbox should your child ever lose their tub drain cap like mine did. If you are big on DIY then keep one of these on hand. Quality and price are worth it. Would buy again if needed; however, I'm sure this one will last for years to come.

Are you like me? You find something wrong with your house, search for the issue on youtube, find a video showing the fix can be done yourself in less than five minutes, so you go all in and then quickly remember 30 minutes into the 5 minute repair that your house hates you? Replacing my tub drain was just the latest episode that reminded me of this sad truth. My old stopper was no longer effective, the tub slowly drained and it wouldn't stay in place because the circle it was meant to screw into in the middle of the drain's crossarms had broken and the threads were gone. It came as no great surprise when this tool broke one, then a second of the crossarms completely off. Soon they were all gone. So if your crossarms are damaged, this probably isn't the tool to use - there's a couple different options for that situation. But once the old one was out (a story best saved for the review of a second tool designed to remove drains when the crossarms are no longer present), this did a fine job at tightening up the new connection. If your house generally complies with your repair efforts, then this will probably work fine for you. If, on the other hand, your house usually laughs in the face of you attempting to save a couple hundred bucks by DIYing things, I'd maybe buy a couple different tools like this, the one with teeth that grip in to stubborn connections, and the one that expands as you tighten the nut, and return the ones that you didn't have to escalate to. Hopefully you won't be like me and end up having to get a guy come out and cut the old, broken fixture out with a Dremel attachment.

Sturdiness TBD... Will update as to whether or not it fails before my drain flange is removed. I'm using this on a 2" diameter drain flange, so the big end doesn't fit and the small end is extremely difficult to keep seated while turning, as it flops all over the place and the fingers that are supposed to grab onto the webs are very short. This is apparently a standard tool for removing drain flanges, but IMO, the design could use a few simple updates to make it awesome. If they just made the fingers longer and put a bit of a detent on one side of each relief cut, it would work sooooo much better! After several times of it disengaging, the corners of the fingers have rounded and it is now impossible to keep seated. So... I'm making alterations. It's taking some time, but I'm using a drill bit that's a little larger than the relief cut widths and cutting a hole at the top end of each cut to lengthen the fingers and make a small detent that should help in keeping the tool seated while I'm turning. But since this tool is made of light cast aluminum, I'm not sure it won't be brittle enough to just break apart before I'm able to get my flange loosened enough to remove it. I'll update when I have a conclusion; it's taking a lot of power to get through these bores and I'm currently waiting for another battery to finish charging.