Superior Tool Drain Key 4500

If you have an old tub drain in which the flange is missing the crosspieces (for whatever reason, broken, just old, etc.) this is the tool you need. My tub was probably 50 years old, maybe more and the flange never had cross pieces. The gasket between the tub and drain pipe was worn out and leaking badly! Using the tool probably saved me 1/2 a day and related costs to cut the wall, cut out the pipe and then remove the tub altogether, because there was no access to the tub from below due to some idiot installing the furnace in the basement directly below the bathtub! Anyhow, the only thing I would note is that you don't want to tighten the tool in the drain too tight. I really cranked my tight, and after I got the flange out (which came out easily) I couldn't get the tool out of the flange and had to cut the old flange off with a hacksaw. Also, you may have to tab the tool lighly on the top with a wrench or hammer to get it fully into the drain hole to start. Walmart's $26 price was the lowest I saw anywhere on the Internet, as most other places wanted $45 or more.

If you are going to remove a drain this is the tool you need and at a cheap price. I used other ones out there that grabbed the cross T at the bottom of the drain and it just broke the metal on the drain. This worked great.