# & Location of Sink Clips

[Caliban]

When my new Insinkerator, 1/2 hp Badger 5 garbage disposer is under "heavy"
load, it causes the faucet and faucet handles to vibrate. The vibration is
also probably not helping maintain the integrity of the (PVC) drain piping.

I checked on google for reports on similar vibrations. I think the disposer
is installed properly, and I'm doubtful the rotors are off-balance. (But I
could be wrong.) I think the cause is most likely a flimsy sink. Mine is an
18 gauge (I'm pretty sure), stainless steel, two bowl, by Moen, which is
consistent with the relatively low cost, cookie-cutter houses in my
neighborhood, which were all built by the same developer. I can push and
pull the drain just below either bowl of the sink and cause the faucet to
move a bit, the way the garbage disposer causes it to move.

I also noticed that the sink is held down by four sink clips. The clips are
mounted only on the east and west underside edges (counting the faucet edge
as "north"). Can people tell me how many sink clips are affixed to their
two-bowl sink, and on which edges?

I guess I'll have to look at a higher gage (that is, thicker) sink at some
point. Namely, when I get sick of dealing with the plumbing coming loose.

[Eric Lee Green]

In article <Ci95b.6248$tw6...@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>, Caliban ruminated:

> could be wrong.) I think the cause is most likely a flimsy sink. Mine is an

Then the solution is a sturdier sink. Any clips or etc. will not solve the
problem if the issue is a flimsy sink.

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[Caliban]

"Eric Lee Green" <er...@badtux.org> wrote

Caliban ruminated:
> > could be wrong.) I think the cause is most likely a flimsy sink. Mine is
an
>
> Then the solution is a sturdier sink. Any clips or etc. will not solve the
> problem if the issue is a flimsy sink.

Gotta wonder what the function of the hold-down clips (a.k.a. mounting
screws) is, then. I mean, if I removed the four clips currently in place, I
think there'd be a real "party" every time I ran the disposal. :-)

I figure it's worth a gamble of a few bucks spent on the clips vs. several
hundred dollars for a new sink.

I'd still like to know how many clips others have on their kitchen sinks,
and on what edges they are located.