How to replace the flange from a tail piece of kitchen sink drain
I am trying to replace the flange with a new once since its leaking. I have the new flange and washer. I cannot figure out how to take out the tail piece from that T joint pipe so that i can slip the new flange through the other side. Please help. Thank you
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I'm guessing you're going to have to replace the entire piece. The T junction your tail piece goes into appears to be welded in on the opposite side; I can't see the joint on your tail piece well enough to tell, but one would naturally assume if one side is welded, then the other would be too. If you can get a higher angle that shows the joint in detail we may be able to confirm that.
Given that premise, then my guess is you're going to have to either replace the entire piece or get someone to weld a new tail piece on. Unfortunately, I strongly suspect that it won't be possible to just replace the tailpiece in that T junction and you'll probably end up having to rebuild the whole thing. You can probably easily do it yourself with plastic parts and it should be doable using standard metal parts as well. If you want an exact replacement you'll have to have someone weld up that T junction and the dishwasher drain hose out of copper.
In order to disassemble your pipe, you should start with the J trap. Unscrew that and remove it (make sure you have a pan underneath; there'll be water in it), then disconnect the dishwasher hose. Next unscrew the pipe coming in horizontally from the other side of the sink, and once that's free you can take off the leaking connector and the part should be free.
Update (05/04/25)
The connection @jayeff is referring to is the threaded one marked in green; that should unscrew first, but in order to rotate the entire tailpiece you'll obviously have to disconnect the dishwasher drain hose too, also marked in green.
My suggestion was to undo the two threads at the bottom, marked in orange, to remove the J trap. Next, take off the two green ones as suggested, and finally you should be able to unscrew the blue one, either by itself or by rotating the entire assembly.
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I could see sealant tape on the outsides of the tail piece pipe joints. That could mean it is threaded joint right? I tried to twist the pipe but no luck.
Try undoing the nut on the pipe (left side of T piece as viewed in image) and remove the pipe from the T piece and then try turning the T piece and see if it unscrews from the flange pipe connection