This is right - some stainless steels are indeed non-magnetic -
but not all stainless steels are non-magnetic.
This stands to reason, since steel and stainless steels are mainly still iron/ferrite - which is strongly magnetic.
eg: a lot of stainless steel cutlery is strongly magnetic...
Thank you again for the tips.
I didn't realize that the horizontal pop-up activator rod could be that critical - so many thanks for the advice - like I said my current one is nylon-plastic which obviously does/did not rust/corrode.
The top drain flange that broke -
- feels nice and...
Got you -
my current one is nylon/plastic -
I'll look for nylon/plastic
or something non-magnetic
(although stainless steel is still magnetic).
Thanks,
Thank you for the kind responses.
I took just the top flange to a Lowes - and they don't sell just the flange - they had the entire kit - like Hack showed above - these were in the $11-$25 price range in the stores I looked in - they're 1-1/4" pop-up drain assemblies.
So far, I can't see...
Last night my bathroom basin/sink leaked by where the drain pipe joins the bottom of the sink - when I examined the flange at the drain hole - it had corroded at the threads/joint and basically broken off -
I may be using the wrong terminology -
so here are some pics -
There is obviously a...