Quick and easy fix for a leaky kitchen sink basket strainer. Replace the basket strainer yourself in just an hour and save the cost of a visit from the plumber.
Test For The Leak
Fill up the sink with water and touch a facial tissue between the bottom of the basket strainer and the sink. If the tissue picks up any water, you've got a leaky basket strainer.
Loosen The Coupling Nut
Loosen the coupling nut at the base of the strainer basket with a slip joint pliers and slide the nut completely off the threads. If the basket spins, hold it tight.
Unscrew The Locknut
Use 16 inch slip joint pliers or spud wrench to unscrew the strainer locknut. If the entire basket spins, insert the handles of a plier into the strainer grate from above and stick a screwdriver between the handles to hold it still. Reach over the front of the sink, or have an assistant hold the screwdriver from above. If you can move the drainpipe out of the way, you can insert the pliers handles up into the strainer grate from the bottom to get a better handle on it yourself.
Apply Putty And Reset The Basket
Roll plumbers putty between your hands into a rope the size of a pencil and wrap it around the lip of the drain opening. Press the strainer firmly down into the putty, add the rubber gasket, friction ring and locknut under the sink and retighten the locknut.
Best of luck replacing and/or repairing your strainer basket!
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