I hit a snag while attempting to replace my tub's drain. I thought I had done most of the heavy lifting in installing the American Standard drain assembly, but then I couldn't figure out how to link the two parts of the actual drain mechanism. (sorry if I'm not getting the vocabulary right) It is the style where you have sort of a hockey-puck shaped disk at the overflow that you turn about 90 degrees to plug the drain. The directions were not at all helpful-- they said that the "striker" (the spring shaped thing hanging from the overflow) should "rest on" the rocker arm, whick rests in the horizontal shoe under the drain and connects to the plug.
Needless to say, merely resting one one piece on the other did not allow for any mechanical interaction between the two parts, so turning the knob did not open or close the drain. However, I couldn't find any obvious way to link the spring to the rocker arm.
Any suggestions on how to handle this? Should I find some way to join the two and then fish the whole thing, minus the actual drain plug, through the overflow, pull it through the drain and reconnect the plug? I would have thought it would be more straightforward than that...
Many thanks!
Mikael
Needless to say, merely resting one one piece on the other did not allow for any mechanical interaction between the two parts, so turning the knob did not open or close the drain. However, I couldn't find any obvious way to link the spring to the rocker arm.
Any suggestions on how to handle this? Should I find some way to join the two and then fish the whole thing, minus the actual drain plug, through the overflow, pull it through the drain and reconnect the plug? I would have thought it would be more straightforward than that...
Many thanks!
Mikael