Question:
>>I’ve got a faucet handle on a bathroom sink that I can’t remove (to replace the >washer). I’ve tried all the standard methods: soaking with Liquid Wrench, then >using a handle puller. But that sucker is on for keeps. Any suggestions? >It’s a cheap handle, so a removal strategy that destroys the handle is ok.
> Is it the kind with a screw in the top? If not, there may be a > setscrew in the side.
What RLM meant is that many taps have a friction fit cover (disk) at the top. You pop that off with the point of a knife and find underneath it the screw that holds the mechanism in place. — | Donald Phillipson, 4180 Boundary Road, Carlsbad Springs, | | Ontario, Canada, K0A 1K0, tel. 613 822 0734 |
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>I’ve got a faucet handle on a bathroom sink that I can’t remove (to replace the >>washer). I’ve tried all the standard methods: soaking with Liquid Wrench, then >>using a handle puller. But that sucker is on for keeps. Any suggestions? >>It’s a cheap handle, so a removal strategy that destroys the handle is ok. > Is it the kind with a screw in the top? If not, there may be a > setscrew in the side. >What RLM meant is that many taps have a friction fit cover (disk) >at the top. You pop that off with the point of a knife and >find underneath it the screw that holds the mechanism in place.
That’s not what I meant. I meant what I said. But good point. Rick Marinelli http://www.erols.com/rickandlisa
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Cut it off with a hacksaw and get a new faucet. They arent that expensive, and the washerless ones are quite reliable. — I also hate to receive spam, so please discard the "go" to email me – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I’ve got a faucet handle on a bathroom sink that I can’t remove (to replace the >washer). I’ve tried all the standard methods: soaking with Liquid Wrench, then >using a handle puller. But that sucker is on for keeps. Any suggestions? >It’s a cheap handle, so a removal strategy that destroys the handle is ok. >Thanks, >Steve
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scribes… >Cut it off with a hacksaw and get a new faucet. They arent that expensive, >and the washerless ones are quite reliable. >– >I also hate to receive spam, so please discard the "go" to email me
NO, NO, NO! do this only as very last resort. I inadvertantly snapped off a handle on my shower while trying to budge it off the stem. Even the local place that specializes in hard to find plumbing parts couldn’t get a new stem for me. So, it was rip out the old fixture, and put in a new one. Fortunately they could get to the back of the fixture via the adjacent room and didn’t have to rip out a bunch of shower tile to get to the fixture
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I was referring to cutting off the handle and buying a whole new faucet assembly, not just a new stem, especially just a sink. An old, corroded one is not worth fooling around with. Like I said, they are not that expensive. — I also hate to receive spam, so please discard the "go" to email me
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->scribes… >Cut it off with a hacksaw and get a new faucet. They arent that expensive, >and the washerless ones are quite reliable. >– >I also hate to receive spam, so please discard the "go" to email me >NO, NO, NO! do this only as very last resort. I inadvertantly snapped off a >handle on my shower while trying to budge it off the stem. Even the local >place that specializes in hard to find plumbing parts couldn’t get a new stem >for me. So, it was rip out the old fixture, and put in a new one. Fortunately >they could get to the back of the fixture via the adjacent room and didn’t have >to rip out a bunch of shower tile to get to the fixture
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I’ve got a faucet handle on a bathroom sink that I can’t remove (to replace the washer). I’ve tried all the standard methods: soaking with Liquid Wrench, then using a handle puller. But that sucker is on for keeps. Any suggestions? It’s a cheap handle, so a removal strategy that destroys the handle is ok. Thanks, Steve
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>I’ve got a faucet handle on a bathroom sink that I can’t remove (to replace the >washer). I’ve tried all the standard methods: soaking with Liquid Wrench, then >using a handle puller. But that sucker is on for keeps. Any suggestions? >It’s a cheap handle, so a removal strategy that destroys the handle is ok.
Is it the kind with a screw in the top? If not, there may be a setscrew in the side. Rick Marinelli http://www.erols.com/rickandlisa
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