Garbage Disposal Installation Tool 3H2013 Plumbers Third Hand
The plumbers third hand. Garbage Disposal Installation Tool makes installing a garbage disposal as easy as 1-2-3! Before installing disposal, follow manufacturers instructions for installing the discharge elbow, electrical connection, dishwasher knockout (if applicable), and sink strainer. 1) Place the garbage disposal directly beneath the sink strainer opening. Place the manufacturers supplied parts on top of the garbage disposal in this order: snap ring, triangular flange with screws, base plate and fiber gasket. Insert the installation tool through the sink strainer and into the opening of the garbage disposal. 2) Push down and then pull up to secure the tools base plate to the inside wall of the disposal. 3) Lift the disposal from the cabinet base about 2 inches. Spin the spin- down clockwise down into the strainer opening. The weight of the disposal suspended from the tool will hold the sink strainer firmly in place. Two hands are now free to install the manufacturers supplied parts previously placed on top of the disposal to the strainer base. Tighten the triangular plate screws firmly against the base plate. 4) Lift the disposal up to the sink strainer base. Spin the spin-down into the strainer opening. Turn the spin-down clockwise bringing the disposal firmly against the sink strainer base. Do not over tighten. With two hands now free turn the manufacturers preinstalled locking ring counter clockwise securing the disposal to the lugs of the sink strainer base. Tighten it up. 5) Turn the spin-down counter-clockwise up approximately 6 inches and remove the installation tool.
Product Features
- The plumbers third hand makes installing or removing a garbage disposal as easy as 1-2-3
- Eliminates all of the aggravation and challenges installing garbage disposals
- You save time and money, universal fit for insinkerator, whirl away, waste-king and more
- Makes the complete process a one person job
- An easy safe way to remove and install garbage disposals
Good design, but it didn’t work for me on my first disposal