Slotted pop-up 'click clack' waste won't stay down

[David Woodward]

There seems to be a lot online about how unreliable these sprung loaded mechanisms are.

I've one of these and it's refusing to click down. I'm not a plumber but I've got it out in the hope of repairing it. The screw just seems to hold in the moving part and tightening it doesn't seem to make any difference. It's about three years old and wasn't gunged up. Is there anything else I can do apart from buying a new one?

Thanks

 

[Chalked]

Wd40 sometimes works.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

new one looks like the ones in city plumbing

 

[Spanner2k7]

Check the rubber seal, I worked on a site who had a bad batch, the rubber seal absorbed water and caused it to expand, often causing the plug to get stuck in the plughole. If it expanded to much maybe causing it not push in all the way.

 

[Unregistered]

Thanks for the advice. Tried WD40, but my guess is a spring has gone somehow.

 

[Howsie]

The 'latch' sometimes fails. Cheap to replace.

 

[SimonG]

No grit or a bit of muck? I normally just screw it out and chuck a new one in.