olive puller's! .....

[liverpoolboy]

been meaning to ask about this for a while now. are olive puller's any good? I have seen them in screwfix and they are about 20quid!

I have in the past had to carefully saw off old olive's before and wondered if these olive pullers are as good as they seem? anyone got one?? ...

 

[seco services]

i have found them very handy if you haven't got much pipe to play with as in a low rad etc.

 

[liverpoolboy]

might buy one then. i had to remove old olives froma compression fitting on a pedestal basin a few months back and it was a knightmare!! took me an hour to saw them off carefully with a hacksaw as i was scared i'd pinhole the pipe!!

 

[seco services]

the only thing with the screw on olive puller it won't fit diverter valve or old imp thread nuts.

 

[liverpoolboy]

hmm so does it just fit normal 15mm copper pipe compression fitting olive's?

 

[seco services]

15mm/22mm but not diverter valve nuts or old imp nuts.

 

[liverpoolboy]

oh why not diverter valve olives? they are 22mm i believe?

 

[seco services]

not the same thread as a normal nut.
you try using a diverter valve nut on a 22mm gate valve etc won't screw on.

i know the olive is the same but the screw on extractors rely on the nut to pull the olive off

http://www.monument-tools.com/images2006/prodlistimages/olive_puller_2036t.jpg

 

[liverpoolboy]

ok thanks for your help-good point there.

i think i have got olive puller's wrong! I just though you unscrewed the nut and put the olive puller over the olive and removed it that way. didn't know the nut also was covered by the o. puller!

 

[seco services]

place the puller over the olive screw the nut on the bottom then when you wind the puller up the nut pulls the olive off.

 

[superdupergasman]

I have olive cutters rather than pullers.....takes 2 seconds and removes the olives no probs

 

[ollski]

To be honest if the olive doesn't ease off with a decent pair of water pump pliers it will have been overtightened anyway. The pipe will be crushed and the replacement won't seal properly.

 

[lagunaglen]

Always use olive cutters, not tried pullers, and does 95% of jobs except where you cant move the compression nut back far enough, due to being near an elbow or tee fitting.

 

[namsag]

And a junior hacksaw and electicians screw driver is so hard to use heavens forbid it takes more than 30 secs to get an olive off.

 

[Garfeild]

And a junior hacksaw and electicians screw driver is so hard to use heavens forbid it takes more than 30 secs to get an olive off.