Single Handle Faucet Cartridge Stuck

Disassemble the faucet and remove cartridge retainer clip.

Single handle faucet cartridge stuck.

If you have a two handle faucet with handles that turn 90 degrees you have either a cartridge or compression faucet. The company designs them to be removable so. Remove the faucet cartridge. Moen 2 handle brass and plastic faucet tub shower cartridge.

The cartridge valve stem is the moving piece inside the sleeve that is connected to the faucet handle and changes the mix between hot and cold and sometimes flow. Pull out the cartridge stem to the full open position. Easy to install moen s proven standard cartridge designs allow for easy installation and troubleshooting. Cartridge faucets generally use an up down motion to regulate water flow and control temperature with a left right motion.

The cartridge is frozen inside the faucet. In theory replacing a shower faucet cartridge is an easy task. Make sure both water supplies are turned off. To avoid damaging your faucet and parts you can use a cartridge pulling tool on a stuck cartridge.

Al moen invented the cartridge faucet and cartridge faucets remain a specialty of the moen company. The easy way to access a corroded basin faucet fixing nut for removal. In reality you will find more often than not that the cartridge is stuck and despite your best efforts will not budge. The removal tool just deforms.

Trouble removing the cartridge from a moen faucet. I managed to turn the cartridge body maybe a few degrees and now it is stuck there. Unscrew the knurled screw until it backs out of the recess in the puller as show. Leaks in cartridge faucets are usually caused by worn out cartridges or worn rubber o ring seals.

Inside the body of the cartridge there is a stem that moves up and down for shut off flow volume and rotates for hot cold mix. Usually this can be done by hand or with a pair of pliers but occasionally it will stick and require quite a bit of force to remove. Pulling up on the stem is supposed to pull out the cartridge. Moen 1222 one handle posi temp faucet cartridge replacement for moen tub shower and shower only configurations brass and plastic by moen 46 48 46.

The use of the cartridge puller to remove stuck cartridge.