Noob with a BR sink drain

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to remove what I think is called the drain body in the sink because the tailpiece's threads sheared off like butter into the drain body's female threads and I can't remove it without getting the whole drainbody out to work on it and see if it bears replacing. It's a pivot/popup style body. Is there a trick to keeping the flange stationary while unscrewing the drain body? Luckily I have a helper to work on the flange but I'm not sure which tools are best to avoid any damage.

The tailpiece treaded portion is quite thin and usually the sheared off portion can be very easily picked out without removing the pop-up assy.

If you do go ahead and remove the pop-up assy. plan on replacing it.

Thanks for the reply. I'll give 'er a pickin'

Okay, I was picking with an awl and realized the female threads could potentially be ruined. Is there a technique to it?

You need to pick it out without destroying the female threads.
Once you get it starting to come out it's not hard.

All right got it all out, can't wait to assemble. Thanks for your help.

Good deal!