Similar case here but no fixed yet. Can't adjust the temp anywhere, so I pull the handle off. After the handle came off, it's all plastic in there and it's stuck hard. I am too afraid to crank it. BTW, it's prise pfister.
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Originally Posted by sammyg2
What happened to the Delta I used to know ....... 
Interesting timing on this thread:
I have a really old mixet faucet for my shower and it started siezing until it was really, really hard to adjust the temperature. Eventually the POS plastic handle broke from too much force.
I tried to rebuild it a while ago but it was soo corroded it wouldn't unscrew and I was afraid I would break off the pipes in the wall if I really cranked down on it so I left it. I didn't feel like knocking a hole in the wall or having the water shut off in the house for an extended time.
Well, yesterday I decided to bite the bullet and go for it.
With a 24" pipe wrench I got up on it it and eventually the frozen nut unscrewed and I was able to fight it apart and extract the guts from the valve body.
With some serious cleannig with a dremel and some acid to eat the calcium deposits, it was all cleaned up and went back together with dow corning 111 grease on the o-rings and never-sieze on the threads. it turns so easily now it's almost too loose
Just thot I'd share. |