How to Loosen Threaded Brass Fittings
- 1). Place a pipe wrench on the pipe from which you want to remove the fitting. Place another pipe wrench on the fitting that you plan on removing.
- 2). Grasp the pipe wrench on the pipe with your less dominant hand. Grasp the pipe wrench on the fitting with your dominant hand.
- 3). Turn the pipe wrench on the fitting counterclockwise while holding firm pressure on the other pipe wrench. Continue to turn the wrench on the fitting until the fitting becomes loose.
- 4). Twist the brass fitting off the rest of the way by hand.
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