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Originally Posted by camp2canoe
the pipe actually broke off where it enters the elbow.
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Here's a bit of heresy - go easy on me, folks. These are glued joints. If the pipe broke off where it enters the elbow, then you are faced with a short (perhaps very short) stub of pipe which is glued into the big part of the elbow. On a few occasions when I really needed to, I have had some success in removing that stub. I've taken a small slender screwdriver or an ice pick and driven it between the stub and the elbow using gentle taps of a hammer. After a while, if I'm careful, the stub chunk actually breaks lengthwise, and then can be peeled out of the elbow with pliers. Touch up the inside of the elbow with a sharp knife, and you are ready to insert a new piece of pipe.
Or cutting off the elbow and gluing a new one on with unions may be easier and quicker. Your choice.
Bill