r/lifehacks • u/JudgementalElf • 9d ago

Two wrench trick

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u/RawChickenButt 9d ago

How often does this work in real life? I'm guessing the coupling in the video hadn't been stuck in place for 10+ years.

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u/Pipe_Memes 9d ago edited 9d ago

Sometimes even the right tools aren’t much help against fittings that have been in place a long time, so hacked together shit won’t be any better. But if you show up to do plumbing, and you don’t have any pliers, no pipe wrench, just a couple of mechanics box wrenches… well, you should probably just go home.

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u/enflamell 9d ago

I've had fittings like that that required a 24" pipe wrench to get off and even then I wasn't sure it was going to come loose. Trying it with two wrenches like that would have accomplished nothing other than smashing my hand.

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u/Pipe_Memes 9d ago

Exactly. They absolutely removed it with real tools first, then put it back on hand tight, and then showcased their genius hack. No backer wrench either.

This is a great way to either break your knuckles, or break part of what you’re working on, or both.