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Originally Posted by Ducay
Based on my assumption of the perspective in that picture, the brass pipe is for the overflow? If you haven't already, most tubs (I've seen), the main drain's flange (the thing with the grate) is threaded and that is what holds the main drain to the tub. Usually you can just undo that, and undo the overflow (again, similar connection, you should be able to undo the tub completely from within the tub.) and then lift it out.
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You are right. The brass pipe is the overflow, and this picture is looking from above down to the drain coupler.
I tried removing the drain normally with one of those drain removal tools and it wouldn't budge. Either it's a one piece drain to the coupler, or the threads are brutally seized.