How to Clean Out an American Standard Sink Pop-up Drain Stopper (Speed Connect Drain)
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- When your bathroom sink does not drain well, quite often it's because
your pop-up stopper is plugged with debris. In a previous video I showed you have to clean out a typical pop-up stopper founder in 95% of the sinks. You can see that video here: • How to Clean Out a Sin...
But American Standard sinks have a new type of "Speed Connect Drains", with a Cable Connector that controls the pop-up. This video will show you how these types of pop-up drain stoppers work.
Can’t thank you enough; I was going to lose my mind if I pulled up one more video of a setup with the metal rod with holes. This was awesome.
Right I was loosing my mind too!
Totally agree! Except I was doing at 1am before leaving parents house. I sent this video along to finish the job.
Unbelievable how long it took to find this when the fix is so simple and the yt algo seems to try to anticipate your thinking…
It’s 2024, and you are still saving us! Thank you for your clear, concise video! Even the piece at the end that shows how you might not get it right, and the “fix” was very helpful!!
I am an 80 year young single lady. One of my best earrings went down the bathroom sink drain. I was able to retrieve my earring after taking apart the J pipe and sink stopper. Hardest part was getting up and down off the floor! Thank you.
This man should run for president. Consistent, accurate and to the point. Every plumber I asked was telling me to go look for the bar to unscrew. I owe you a beer my man. Thank you!
Thank you for ‘naming’ this stopper & explaining how to connect & disconnect this cable connect stopper. I’m one step closer to fixing my Mom’s bathroom sink drain😊!!
Thank you! I nearly broke the darn thing, until I watched your post. 5 minutes later, I was clearing the drain (while trying not to get sick to my stomach. All thanks to you! ;)
Thank you for this video. I'm a new house owner who was trying to clean my sink drain. I've never seen a connector like this before (I'm used to metal rod). I spent 30 minutes struggling trying to figure out how to take this apart. I finally figured "F it I'm sure RUclips has a video for it!" and yours was the first (and only) one I had to watch to learn how to do this. Thank you!
Gonna second what everyone else here has said - THANK YOU for posting a video for this type of sink! We were going crazy watching all the videos of stoppers with rods, lol. Finally got our drain cleaned out easily thanks to this!
I couldn't have done it without your video. My sinks are now cleared of hair clumps. Thanks!
A friend said it would be about $100 to fix my sink, in which the stopper was stuck in the closed position. With your video, and MANY false start, I just fixed it! A happy 63 year old granny!
I wish all DIY videos were as concise and informative without all the extra chit chat. Nice and to the point! Thanks :)
Yes, like all other posts, you really saved me. I'm 74 and have cleaned a lot of drains but I would have NEVER figured out how this one worked to clean out the HUGE gob of hair...ONE tip: when runing the faucet to flush out the few remaining pieces, PUT THE PIECE BACK ON THE DRAIN PIPE without the drain plug installed!!! Saves cleaning up what splashes out the hole while using a bottle brush on the drain!!! THANKS A MILLION!!!
Ten years later and these are probably much more standard- so I appreciate this video a lot! Instructions were super easy to follow and I laughed when I paused after the first few minutes to get to work and ran into the same issue with L piece that videomaker did 😂 the fix was also very easy to understand. Thanks so much!
Works like a charm. Didn't even take 5 minutes. Drain flows like a river. Thank you!
You are amazing sir!
2023 and you’re still a life saver.
2024 here, still a life saver.
Thank you very much, this video was perfect. You saved me a lot of hassle. I hope people donate to you. I'm poor as dirt or I would!
I can't thank you enough! This made my pop-up drain situation completely clear! I was losing my mind trying to picture how this plastic gizmo worked. Now my drain is clear and my pop up is popping up (and down) perfectly.
I thought I knew what I was doing until I got beneath the sink and didn't see any of the stopper parts that I had worked with on other sinks. RUclips to the rescue! This video was just what I needed for a late-night cleaning/repair job. Straightforward and really helpful, thanks!
One person saying thank you for making this video. I had cleaned that sink out one time before and asked the plumber how to get it out. That was when the house was new and I didn't think I could still call the plumber. All the places I typed in asking how to get it out gave me instructions for the other kind. Again Thank you.
Dave
I don't know why anyone would dislike this. The procedure in this video worked for me on the first try. The main challenge for me was that my pedestal sink is very close to the wall and I couldn't squeeze in enough to see what I was doing. The camera angles in the vid allowed me to remove and re-install the parts by feel. +1 from me; thanks for the vid.
Thank you so much! 11 years after uploading, and this video is still extremely helpful. I would have been so lost at the end without your section on how to troubleshoot if it wasn't lifting and dropping after putting back together. I appreciate the help very much
5 years later and still helping people! It was easy after watching this video. Thanks.
Thank you so much! Our drains got jammed and this was the only video I could find for this type of pop up drain. Saved me from calling a handyman.
Infinitely more helpful than American Standard instructions video (advertisement). This video work starts @1:57
I know this is an old vid but thank you so much! It was hard trying to find this setup when i didn't even know what to call it. Fixed my sink and don't need to bother with calling the landlord!
You are the best kind of person. I'm in a rental and didn't want to mess with this unless I knew what I was doing. You rock!
10 years later your video is still helpful. Thanks you for making this!
7 years later and your video is still helping people out, thank you much!! Cheers!
RUclips is Golden! This video saved me from having to buy a new faucet to pass a home inspection to sell my house. Thanks, Good Job!
Thank you! I did not want to call a plumber for the slow moving water in the bathroom sink. Your video and instruction showed me how EASY it is to clean the trap and remove the cable drain stop! THANK YOU!!!
This 7 year old video is still golden. Thanks!
Excellent vid, I had that issue and you clarified how to undo and refit perfectly. 10 yrs ago and still relevant but didn’t think the speed connect pop ups were around that long!🤷🏻♂️ Thank you!👌🏼
I looked under the sink and didn't recognize the stopper mechanism. Thank you for helping me do a quick job to fix a nuisance draining problem. 👏🙏🏽 Keep up the good work.
I wanted to add my thanks for this video. Inherited this unit in our new-to-us house, Searched an hour on Saturday night, found only 3 pictures matching mine, and was in the process of sending pics to American Standard when I found the term "Speed Connect", which brought me to your video. My drain cap was stuck down, almost not draining. The drain stick was in the reverse position, and not coming up as high (maybe open only 1/16), and now that it's in back side, as you suggested, the Am.. Std..lettering reads correctly and the stopper comes up with a 1/4 inch clearance--perfect, quick drain! There was a bit of crud in there as well, but not the problem, though I'm pleased to have cleared it out.Thanks again.
A thousand thanks. Warning to others: what came out of the drain looked like every science experiment gone wrong. Fortunately for you I can't text in the smell either.
10 years later and this remains SO helpful. Thanks for taking the time to share this advice
This is the best video of all instructions videos posted. Extremely well done and helpful. Thank you for making it simple and detailed as you explain.
Nine years later and the video is still helpful. My drain keeps getting slower and slower. I tried taking it apart but I couldn't see what was going on and I was afraid of breaking the plastic pieces. This was just what I needed.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All the other youtube videos show the metal rod ones. I almost gave up, and then found yours!! saved our sink and us calling a plumber!
This comment is October 2020 I searched American sink drain plug. Your video popped up. The procedure was spot on! Including putting in the little gizmo back in the wrong way, ha ha after fiddling around the plunger works as it should and the sink drains beautifully. Thank you very much.
Thanks for posting! In the old days, you'd just lift the stopper out. Then they made them so you would turn the stopper first, then lift it out. Then they made them so you'd unscrew the connector under the sink, pull the rod out, then pull the stopper. Now they are like in your video... mess around with it for an hour and you may get it done without breaking a little plastic part. Next year's features will include ten more parts and a screw that requires a special driver. Progress! Awesome!
Ahhhh the wonderful feeling of a properly draining sink! Also knowing you did it yourself in less than 10 minutes and dint have to make arrangements with your landlord. Thanks for the video!
I didn't have a real problem with putting this back. It took two tries and I was done. There was a lot of debris in my sink and it was nasty not to mention the water not running freely down the drain. I now have a very clean sink and my water is running very fast down the drain. Thank you so much. I won't complain about missed steps, when my plumber would have had no problem charging me $200.00 to fix this clog that took me less than 30 minutes. Your'e instructions were excellent. Thank you!!!!
First time in 31 years of living unclogging my own sink I feel like a real man !! Thanks to this video lol
This is the best tutorial on this sink stopper that I have seen. American Standard does not even show how this system needs to be tuned properly. Now that you have shown this, it is super easy to do.
Thank you very much! You were the only one who could explain how to get the damn plug
Stopper was stuck in down position and couldn't get it out, rendering sink unusable. Watching your video helped me understand the workings so that I could get to figuring out the trouble. Turns out the little plastic 'L' was broken off, but I was able to stick my screwdriver up in there and lift the stopper. No way I could have gotten my sink back to usuable on my own without your video! Thank you so much! Great detailed info!
I had a broken sink for a few months now and I was about to go up there and tear pipes apart and I decided to search and I found your video which was an excellent step by step tutorial and I fix it in 10 minutes thank you.
You helped me solve an issue that a plumber told me would be way more complicated to fix. I just wanted to remove the stopper to put a different kind. 🙏 thank you
Thank you, there is no room for me to get behind my sink to see what I’m doing, so thanks for showing each individual part and how they work so I could basically work blind 😃
Very helpful... You have no idea how much I was puzzled by this thing!
Thank you! In the five years since we've bought this house, the pop-ups haven't operated properly. Looking at the cable control, I didn't even know where to start! All it took was a free hour and finding your video. Very satisfying to have this work properly.
My drain plug has never opened fully. After seeing this video, I was finally able to see what to unscrew. It took about 1 min to fix the sink after that. Thank you!
Every year I watch this video to clean my American standard sink. Thank you
This is my go to video for unclogging my drain. Thanks!
If I could throw money at you through my screen, I would! Excellent video and description!!
Gave a thumbs up, this helped. When I tried this on my own I could not get the L piece removed despite rotating it to a position I thought would free it up. I didn't realize the other clear plastic piece on the inside was blocking the L piece from coming out, so this video helped reveal that. My drain is now clear and good as new. Thanks.
Thank goodness for this tutorial. You just assisted us at 9pm to fix our sink.
I was hand washing a blouse in the sink that had a trinket attached to a chain and the piece slipped down into the drain and I tried for 20-30 minutes to get it out. Pondered calling a plumber but thought let me check RUclips and YEAH! Your video saved me a service call and I learned something new. One thing I did not pay attention to though was making sure the little piece you "pop" off, that the teeth actually face out toward the connector cable. I kept trying for 15 minutes to push it back into place with the teeth facing the drain, which was the wrong way. Luckily turned it around and it popped right back in to place, Wheww.....great video. Thanks so much. 15 minutes saved me $160.00 service call.
I like how they did it in the old days, they were simple, and worked! Thanks for the comment.
Great Instructions. The hard part is putting this back together and make the popup work correctly. Works like new!
Oh. My. Goodness. Thank you. I can't tell you how long I've needed to clean out the drain in one of our bathrooms with this kind of stopper. You're my hero.
Super helpful! Never saw one of these drain stoppers until this month. You saved my sanity!!!
Thank you so much for posting this ! It was a huge time saver and did it without destroying anything !
*Note*: before connecting the cable back ... with your right hand , pull the plunger at the back of the sink up AND HOLD IT UP while you connect the cable with your left hand. Best done kneeling. No need to adjust the L.
GREAT VIDEO ! Many are grateful to you !
THANK YOU SO MUCH I SPENT LIKE ALMOST AN HOUR TRYING TO TAKE IT OUT AND YOUR VID HELPED ME SO MUCH
I finally got it to work. Had the same problem, I had it all put together, but plunger didn't work and pop up rain was down. So I put the plunger down, put the J piece in, fiddled with it by hand until the pop up drain was in the up position, put the plastic slotted cap on (slots facing the outside) and screwed the cable piece back on. It now works. Sad thing is is that I didn't want the cable connection any longer, too hard to go through this every time you want to clean out the drain. But without those 2 little plastic pieces, water leaked from the cable piece. And with them, the pop up drain can't be pulled out. Thanks for the video, it saved me from calling a plumber to fix my mess.
Thank you soooo much! I couldn't find anything that actually showed me what I needed to do and helped me understand how the mechanisms work! Thank you for not droning on and on and on either! You're a lifesaver!
You just saved me a ton of money, sir! Just fixed both of my drains per your tutorial. I never would have guessed how to do that! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this video! I knew how to remove a sink stopper with the lever system so when mom asked me to help her unclog her sink I said “sure, no problem!” We both learned something new today thanks to you 😊
Buy a home they said. Well I was done waiting for my husband to fix the clogged sink so I did it myself! There was a hair clog dragon living in there! Thank you for the video, I'm used to the old style drain stoppers, this is my first experience and it was very helpful. I made sure the pull was up when I readjusted the nut and it worked.
Great Video. Until I saw this I had no clue how to remove and clean the drain. Thanks. The tip about replacing the stopper in an unlocked position was also very useful and will save a lot of fiddling in the future.
Thank you very much. I would not have known how to remove the pop-up with this speed connect pop-up system. Your video was most helpful. Good Job!! My drain is now running freely.
Excellent!! Wow, I had a lot of trouble figuring out that American Standard speed connection, the little swivel plug & tiny gear popped out when I was pushing the junk out of the top pipe. The tiny swivel & gear finally snapped into place after I used needle-nosed pliers to push on either side. it was v. difficult to figure out, but your video confirmed & provided step by step instructions. Thanks a million!
Wow thank you, I was so confused how to fix my sink that wouldn’t stop up after buying my first house. I’ve never seen a sink stopper that works like this. Turns out that L-shaped piece has broken off so I will have to buy a new one, but I surely would’ve broken my sink out of frustration without your video, so thank you!
Thank you. This is such a helpful video. Makes the removal and reattachment of the pop up so simple. This is the only video I found for the newer cable-attached pop up.
One thing I'm not seeing mentioned is that when reinstalling the stopper, you actually have an option: replace as shown in the video to "lock" the stopper in, or turn the stopper 180 degrees to make the stopper removable. I have chosen the removable option which allows me to simply twist out the stopper and clear blockages (usually a long slimy hair ball!) The stopper will still go up and down and seal to hold a sink of water.
This is the way.
Hmm, not sure what you mean? Can you explain more? I'm having trouble with the sink not draining properly still.
Even after 8 years this video still helps , i have seen the metal rod with holes many times before but i just encountered this type for the first time , thanks for explaining how it works. Now I know what to do
Thank you thank you thank you!!! Just when I think there’s not one more disgusting thing in our new home purchase to clean up I find another. This was today’s. You made it easy and I feel good about the work I did. I pulled a big globs of disgustingness and now my drain runs clean and smooth. You are the best!
thanks very much, it's pretty simple but not intuitive and one would never figure out without this video
Thank you! This was an incredibly helpful tutorial. Following your instructions, I was able to fix my clogged sink.
i fully dismantled the plastic connector before watching this video... thankfully, it's easy to put back together. This video was very helpful.
Superb video. I am about to tackle my drain with your help.
I can barley get under my sink, how you did your repair/cleaning and a video camera is beyond me.
Thanks
UPDATE: Just tackled my drain cleaning and it went very well because of your great video.
The only thing I did differently was to turn the stopper 180º so it does not get locked in by the the rotating J-hook.
This way I can remove it from the top without having to disconnect anything. I also tested this with water in the basin and yes it holds water when the stopper is down.
Thanks once again.
Ah yes thank you! Never have i experienced this kind of stopper and it took me so long to find help. Bless!
Thanks.....would never have figured it out without your excellent video!!
Best Video. I couldn't move pop up drain stopper up or down. I had the exact same type of sink as video. I fixed in 15 min. Water does not back up up at all in sink now. Thanks so much for making this video.
May you be blessed all your life for this life saving video. Thanks a lot.
I took everything apart. The trap, and everything I could think of. That's when I went to RUclips - watched another video that was nothing like the speed connect drain and then we found your video. It was clear and easy. We're still trying to get the drain stopper to go up and down - but thanks to you - we're on the right path.
I cant believe this. I have a problem with my drain plug not going all the way down without pushing on it. This solved my problem.. Thanks so much!!! So much hair stuck to the drain plug.
This video made it super easy. Took me about 10-15 minutes to take apart, clean, and then re-assemble.
Honestly, my drain was pretty gross. The cleaning took most of the time.
Thank you!
have the same exact faucet set that the stopper wasn't moving.. thankful to find this today.. life saver.
This was extremely helpful. Took me about 8 minutes from start to finish and now my sink is draining perfectly. Thanks so much!
This was really well done. Thank you so much. I'm good at taking things apart, but putting them back in working order usually doesn't go so well. You explained the speed connect drain cleaning process incredibly well... and succinctly. I had a free draining sink again in minutes!
Awesome video! Thanks so much.
I didn't realize that this wasn't a typical pop-up stopper until I had already taken everything apart! Saved my butt lol.
Thank goodness, I found your video! Explained everything so easily and I was able to get that darned stopper out and the drain cleaned. Thank you.
Thank you!! This is exactly the tutorial I needed! And no wonder my sink wouldn’t drain...
you are awesome couldnt figure out what was going on with my sink used this step by step and sure as can be full of a huge hair ball now it drains like a champ thank you for making videos like this
Oh my god thank you for uploading this! My sink was getting so gnarly and clogging up. Your a god send!
That is precisely what I was looking for! Thanks so much for the easy explanation. Once you do the process you realize how easy it is, but without the information provided in this video, it's tough to know how to start! Thanks again!
Thank you for this video! I didn't save my instructions and was within seconds of destroying my stopper. Your video was spot on!!! The only small variation that I made was to slightly loosen the two nuts above and below the stopper assembly. That enabled me to turn the stopper assembly so it was facing the front and made the removal of the two plastic pieces a lot easier. Thank you again! Chris in Iowa.
Better than the other videos for this. Thank you for including the troubleshooting at the end. I really needed that!