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Hello..The shower nozel (head) and arm virtually came off in my hand. The portion of the arm with the threads remains in the water pipe. Do you have any magic suggestions on how to get that portion (threaded) out of the water pipe??

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As a matter of fact they make such a tool just for this purpose. Its called an internal pipe wrench. You can pick one of these up from any home improvement center. Just insert into the pipe and you will be able to back the threads out.

Here is a picture of what im referring to:

Hope this helps you out. If you need anything further just let me know.

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the internal pipe wrench looks to be the perfect answer....hope it's as easy as it sounds. any trade secrets that might assure success??

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The only thing I would suggest to make it a little easier is to spray some WD-40 on the internal threads and let it soak in for about 10 minutes before using the wrench on it. But the wrench is very straight forward. Very easy to use.

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Hello..The shower nozel (head) and arm virtually came off in my hand. The portion of the arm with the threads remains in the water pipe. Do you have any magic suggestions on how to get that portion (threaded) out of the water pipe??

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the internal pipe wrench looks to be the perfect answer....hope it's as easy as it sounds. any trade secrets that might assure success??

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Thank you for asking your question on The only thing I would suggest to make it a little easier is to spray some WD-40 on the internal threads and let it soak in for about 10 minutes before using the wrench on it. But the wrench is very straight forward. Very easy to use.

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Thank you for asking your question on

The only thing I would suggest to make it a little easier is to spray some WD-40 on the internal threads and let it soak in for about 10 minutes before using the wrench on it. But the wrench is very straight forward. Very easy to use.