Abstract: An extractor tool for removing and replacing a plumbing fixture, such as a leaking, rusted tub shoe flange with or without cross hairs, includes a shaft having left-handed threads over most of its length and a frusto-conical wedge near one end terminating in a plurality of axial lugs forming a castle around an axial recess, the other end of the shaft being flatted to receive a wrench. A plurality of separate, arcuate shaped, shoes are slidably positioned around the threaded portion of the shaft and are maintained there by a flexible o-ring forming an expandable body having a central bore portion and at least the inner end adjacent the frusto-conical wedge of the shaft formed with a tapered circular recess. A washer and nut are assembled on the shaft from the threaded end. Both inner ends of the shoes may be formed with the tapered circular recess to make them reversible. The outside surfaces of the shoes and lugs may be knurled for added gripping.

Abstract: An extractor tool for removing and replacing a plumbing fixture, such as a leaking, rusted tub shoe flange with or without cross hairs, includes a shaft having left-handed threads over most of its length and a frusto-conical wedge near one end terminating in a plurality of axial lugs forming a castle around an axial recess, the other end of the shaft being flatted to receive a wrench. A plurality of separate, arcuate shaped, shoes are slidably positioned around the threaded portion of the shaft and are maintained there by a flexible o-ring forming an expandable body having a central bore portion and at least the inner end adjacent the frusto-conical wedge of the shaft formed with a tapered circular recess. A washer and nut are assembled on the shaft from the threaded end. Both inner ends of the shoes may be formed with the tapered circular recess to make them reversible. The outside surfaces of the shoes and lugs may be knurled for added gripping.