habibrobert
New Member
Hello,
I am trying to remove a cap that is on the ice maker line. I am pretty sure it is not soldered on because I can turn the cap with my fingers. I am not sure if it is threaded, because it turns like it should have threads, but I don't see any threading and it never moves out of its place. I have tried pulling on it while turning it hoping it would help it get over some bad threads and start the move out of its place, but there is no luck. My next thought would be that it is a compression fitting like a sharbite, but I tried to use the little clips that removes the sharkbite fittings to remove this cap, and it did not work.
I am not sure exactly what to do. I thought of cutting before the end cap and just using a sharkbite fitting to install a ice maker valve, but as you can see from the photo, there is a metal bar hanging right above the line and i am afraid that the sharbite fittings are a little too big to fit under that bar.
If you look closely at the photo I provided, you can see two things:
1. an orangish piece of plastic that is behind the cap, it almost looks like a shark bite fitting, but it turns with the cap. And just beyond that orange piece of plastic you will see the actual pipe, which looks like it has a lip on it and does not look the middle of a copper pipe that is smooth and continuous. That makes me think that this cap is threaded on. I am not sure what to do.
Have you guys seen something like this before? If so, what can I do to remove the end cap?
Thanks very much.
I am trying to remove a cap that is on the ice maker line. I am pretty sure it is not soldered on because I can turn the cap with my fingers. I am not sure if it is threaded, because it turns like it should have threads, but I don't see any threading and it never moves out of its place. I have tried pulling on it while turning it hoping it would help it get over some bad threads and start the move out of its place, but there is no luck. My next thought would be that it is a compression fitting like a sharbite, but I tried to use the little clips that removes the sharkbite fittings to remove this cap, and it did not work.
I am not sure exactly what to do. I thought of cutting before the end cap and just using a sharkbite fitting to install a ice maker valve, but as you can see from the photo, there is a metal bar hanging right above the line and i am afraid that the sharbite fittings are a little too big to fit under that bar.
If you look closely at the photo I provided, you can see two things:
1. an orangish piece of plastic that is behind the cap, it almost looks like a shark bite fitting, but it turns with the cap. And just beyond that orange piece of plastic you will see the actual pipe, which looks like it has a lip on it and does not look the middle of a copper pipe that is smooth and continuous. That makes me think that this cap is threaded on. I am not sure what to do.
Have you guys seen something like this before? If so, what can I do to remove the end cap?
Thanks very much.