Suburban 10 Gallon Hot water heater
Suburban 10 Gallon Hot water heater. 17 years old can not get anode rod back in thread looks rusted and I may have stripd it. Have been changing this thing for 15 years without a problem. Any sugges...
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Poor mans thread chaser. Been awhile since I’ve done that!
OP, so are the threads gone like it is actually stripped or do you mean cross threaded?
Guessing stripped since it’s old and corroded.
Nice thing about pipe thread is it gets tighter the further into the thread. So after cleaning it up, a good dose of pipe dope or better yet a few extra wraps of ptfe tape and crank the new anode in.
Or like my plumber buddy does, use both!
Permanently, install a heli coil.
OP, so are the threads gone like it is actually stripped or do you mean cross threaded?
Guessing stripped since it’s old and corroded.
Nice thing about pipe thread is it gets tighter the further into the thread. So after cleaning it up, a good dose of pipe dope or better yet a few extra wraps of ptfe tape and crank the new anode in.
Or like my plumber buddy does, use both!
Permanently, install a heli coil.
