Broken gas valve part on GE range

[Brybo86]

So my wife a got newish gas range.... off Craigslist.
Anyway guy who helped her load it used the dolly on the back and facepalm broke this part...

This YouTube video show replacement.. looks simple. But the part is like $75 to $160.

I'm thinking I can try to replace just that broken nipple between the 2 parts?
Hopefully the part with the threads snapped off inside will come out

Sounds good or is this not possible?

 

[BigCahuna]

You can try it. The worst that can happen is ,you can't remove the broken nipple and have to go for a new one.Not to many other options at this point.,,

 

[George7941]

Your photograph shows the pressure regulator and the gas valve and a nipple connecting the two.

Removing the nipple might not be easy unless you get a properly sized pipe nipple extractor.

 

[Brybo86]

One of the extractors was already open... an old guy working the tool dept at Lowe's was like use it. So I put it in the demo vice with a wrench on it and it came out with a significant amount of force.

All back together! fixed with a $2 brass nipple from Lowe's.

 

[Rick in PA]

So now I can take my stuff to Lowe's to work on?

Sweet.

 

[George7941]

I hope you checked for leaks with a bubble solution after you assembled everything back together and turned the gas back on.

 

[Brybo86]

It is still in the garage but thx for the heads up.