Tool Tips: Faucet o-ring removal, protecting pipe and removing wax
Easy removal of faucet stem o-ring
Insert a slender ice pick (whose point has been ground slightly blunt so as to not damage the o-ring) underneath an existing o-ring to be removed from a faucet stem. This allows room to thread a 10-in.-long, thin insulated copper wire — similar to telephone wire — under the old o-ring by 5 in.