Removing a push-fit pan connector

[mike004]

I noticed a leak from the pan connector on my close-coupled WC. My first instinct was to get out the silicone gun and run a bead round the join. This worked for a couple of weeks, but now the drip has returned. My fault for attempting a bodge job.
So I now need to remove and replace the pan connector. It is an elbow push-fit type.
- Do I need to move the WC to do this, or can I cut off the existing pan connector with an hack saw?

- Also, the angle between WC outlet and soil pipe is not exactly 90 degrees. Should I be looking for a flexible connector, with a jubilee clip, rather than a typical 90 degree elbow conector?

 

[just pumps]

Are you sure the leak isnt from above and dripping down. Dry tissue paper dabbed around joints shows leaks.

 

[CBW]

It can depend, I’ve managed to sprise out and renew a pan connector in situ.

 

[mike004]

Are you sure the leak isnt from above and dripping down. Dry tissue paper dabbed around joints shows leaks.

No. I can feel it coming out at the bottom of the joint with the pan connector.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Twist it 90 degrees.

If it is a straight one.

Andy