Delta Faucets and Delta Repairs are some of the most popular videos on You-Tube. I posted three of them, two for their single lever faucets and one for their two handled faucets. In both cases, the removal of the cartridges, ball, seats and springs is necessary for a proper re-build.
As far back as I can remember I’ve used a thin blade screwdriver, dental pick or even a long needle nose pliers to remove those pesky seats and springs which sometimes can be a pain in the butt to remove. Especially the hot water side, those rubber seats get hard as a rock and literally, break into pieces when trying to remove them.
For the most part getting them out is a relatively straight-forward task, but installing the new ones can be tricky at times. You have to drop the springs into a small recess inside the faucet followed by the rubber seat which also has to sit over the spring and into the recess. Often if there’s water sitting in the faucet, the rubber seat ends up floating up and out of the recess.
A good tip is to remove all the sitting water via a sponge or straw so this problem is avoided.I usually, will thread the rubber seat followed by the spring onto a thin blade screwdriver and use it as a guide to lower them into the recess inside the faucet. This has been the way I’ve been doing it ever since I can recall, but recently I found this tool in one of my supplier’s catalogs called a Purge-N-Set tool for seats and springs.
Needless to say, besides being a tool geek and curious I had to order one and check it out. Well, I’m happy to say it works really well and for those of you who are having trouble removing and re-installing seats and springs in your Delta faucets, you might want to check it out. You can purchase a Purge-N-Set tool at few online retailers and if you want to see it in action check out the video below where I demonstrate just how it performs.
As always if you have any questions on Delta faucet repairs, you can e-mail me at info@bobsplumbingvideos.com. You’ll also find me on Face-Book, Twitter.
Happy Plumbing,
Bob
P.S. – I bought this tool from Wolverine Brass which only sells to professional plumbers. My cost $14.95, I’ve seen them online selling for as much as $28.00 plus in which case I would say to you the good old fashion thin blade screwdriver trick works just fine!
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cards in hopes of perhaps a sale in the future. Some of the presenters have a hypnotic effect on the group and by about 2 P.M. about a third of the class is either sleeping or zoning out. Finally, it’s 4 P.M. and they start to hand out the certificates.
reasons. I needed access which I fortunately, was able to get via the first-floor bathroom. I had to do it standing in a bathtub working thru a double hung window which looked right into air-shaft. Second reason is I was a little shaky about using a torch in the shaft out of fear of dropping it and setting the place on fire.
The water would rise inside the barrel and to protect against a possible overflow, the inside plunger had built-in overflow hole. They worked well but to remove and replace them was a bit of job, four to five hours to be exact. In most cases, the long tub shoe would rot out or a section of galvanized pipe or the cleanout plug on galvanized tub trap would blow out. Why would you put a plug on a buried galvanized trap? Go figure!