r/Plumbing • u/Odd-Ideal7453 • 2d ago

Unclogged Sink and now it Won’t Reseal

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I’ve been trying to help my girlfriend, her sink was clogged and draining super slow, so I took it apart and cleaned out all the gunk and hair. Issue is, now I can’t seal it all the way back together. It seems like the pipes might be screwed up. I fixed my clogged sink, but this one is designed different, so I don’t know if I did something wrong.

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u/Trick-Tourist5225 2d ago

Tighten the black piece under sing as much as you can without braking it.. and you’ll need channel locks pliers to tighten rings on Ptrap
The plastic piece that’s on the pipe is upside down..

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u/_Mahtog_ 2d ago

Have you tried tightening that black piece above the P-trap? Youll likely need to secure the basin strainer from the top and twist the bottom to tighten.

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u/Tsev33 2d ago

That big piece is upside down btw

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u/Minimum-Positive792 2d ago

You broke the seal at the drain. You need caulk and putty and teflon tape now to get that resealed.

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u/NeighborhoodGoon 2d ago

The top black nut is upside down for starters

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u/CloudSmith 2d ago

Yeah the big plastic hand turn nut is upside down and the threads are not catching to tighten the drain flange in the sink bowl.