Thread: Pipe Repair Question: Loose Mortise Insert

Good! No goop, back to "as-built" condition.

I'd remove the stem by twisting in the direction that _tightens_ the metal insert - - probably clockwise.

I would also have used epoxy (if it were necessary). Uncured epoxy is rather nasty. But _cured_ epoxy is pretty well inert. Of course, if you used epoxy, the metal insert would be un-removable.

Charles

I've got a few old push tenon kaywoodies and I like them a lot. I have had some with the plumbing but just never could get used to that. Lining up the threads to where the lip of the stem is at the right position when the stem is tight is also a consideration. I've run into some old ones that had worn threads and the stem tightened past the correct point.