Older Delta faucet repair

Older Delta Faucet Repair

  • by Jerry Miller

The unmarried most common faucet repair Advocate Master Plumbing performs is the older Delta faucet repair. Our plumbers have had so many customers ask them virtually it that I've decided to write a specific post about it. I've written about this in the past merely not to the extent that I am at present. I'll describe how this faucet repair is done past your local plumbers in Lees Summit. I'm going to begin with a video. Sentry it outset. And I'll then requite you the footstep by pace diy faucet repair info.

Older single handle Delta faucet repair

I'one thousand going to discuss the most common Delta single handle faucet design. It's important to think that the way doesn't mean much hither. It's simply the guts of the faucet that nosotros'll exist worrying most. You'll observe different designs and finishes for the same faucet. And I'thou going to discuss the way I practice it. Faucet repairs are washed in various ways by professional person plumbers.

older delta faucet repair
Delta RP3614 faucet repair kit

Tools and parts y'all'll need

  1. Delta faucet handle repair kit RP3614 & for kitchen faucets you'll besides need RP63136
  2. Plumbers grease -Heat proof grease – Waterproof grease. All the same stuff.
  3. Mesh sand cloth
  4. Long handle pliers. Aqueduct locks are ok. Wilde brand are best.
  5. Multi-scrap screwdriver
    Delta RP63136 faucet repair kit
    Delta RP63136 faucet repair kit
  6. Hook and pick gear up
  7. Needle nose pliers

Stride by pace instructions

This is dry reading. But read the whole thing beginning. Then brainstorm your projection. This is how nosotros repair faucets near you lot.

  1. Shut the water off. If y'all don't have faucet water shutoffs or you do and they're scary looking, merely shut the water off to your whole house.
  2. Plug the sink drain so no loose parts fall down the bleed.
  3. Remove the single handle. If you accept a crystal handle you'll have to pry the index push out of the middle of the handle with your screwdriver. Then remove the handle screw and then the handle. If y'all have a contumely lever handle utilise the allen wrench end of the Delta faucet wrench that comes in your RP3614 repair kit to remove the allen screw at the base of the handle and wiggle it off.
  4. Remove the bonnet nut. (The dome shaped cap.) Y'all'll use your pliers for this. If the bonnet nut is seized, very common trouble, use penetrating oil, CLR, WD40 or but a lot of elbow grease to remove it. If you lot yet can't become it off I've gently sawed the cap at information technology's base of operations and popped it open up with a flat head screwdriver. But it may be easier to merely supercede the faucet at this point.
  5. Remove the cam and packing and brawl assembly.
  6. Using the slightly angled pick remove the safe seats and springs inside the base of the faucet.
  7. If in that location are any hard h2o deposits use your sandcloth mesh to rubbed them off. Don't utilize a option or screwdriver. Y'all can mar the housing making it impossible to seal correctly.
  8. Lubricate the within of the faucet housing and threads with your plumbers grease.
  9. Lubricate the new rubber seats in your handle repair kit. This volition prevent cracking and allow for a better seal.
  10. Put the smaller end of each conical bound within each rubber seat. Then put your directly pick through the top of the rubber seat and spring. Using the choice equally a guide, place the cease of the pick inside each seat orifice inside the faucet and slide the seat and spring in place while pulling the selection out. You may need to work it in place with your finger until it pops in place.
  11. If the old ball assembly has a direct shaft then you lot'll be using the triangular cam. If it has a triangular shaft you'll use the cam with the straight groove. Just look at your quondam parts. If you're reusing your quondam brawl associates gently scrub any hard h2o deposits off with your sandcloth mesh and lubricate it with your plumbers grease. Place the ball assembly into the housing beingness sure to match the groove in the side of the ball assembly with the little nub on the interior housing of the faucet.
  12. Lubricate the cam and packing with your plumbers grease. Put them together and place them on top of the ball associates. Be sure to match up the nub on the exterior of the cam with the groove on the border of the faucet housing.
  13. Put i finger through the bonnet nut and utilize the same finger to push and hold downward the cam and packing while threading the bonnet nut on with your other hand. Try it a couple of times. You'll get it.
  14. Reassemble handle. Turn the water back on. Test for leaks. If the cam and packing leaks at all utilise the Delta wrench with the two prongs to thread the top of the cam clockwise a petty.
Older Delta faucet repair
Delta kitchen faucet parts

Delta single handle kitchen faucet vegetable sprayer

If it's a kitchen faucet you lot're repairing you may find that the vegetable sprayer isn't working correctly. Information technology will often go jammed up with difficult water or the the condom seals will get stuck. For this repair we'll just dive into the middle of the previous instructions.

Before beginning step 6 you'll want to jerk the whole kitchen spout off the faucet housing. You'll need to rotate it back and forth while pulling up. You'll see two o-rings effectually the exterior of the faucet housing. Using your angled selection remove them. So you'll run into a circular plastic stem near the base of the front of the faucet housing. This is the diverter valve. I use needle nose pliers or my choice set to remove the old one. If there'south any difficult water deposits utilise your sandcloth mesh to remove them. Lubricate the opening with estrus proof grease. Lubricate the new diverter valve (Delta RP63136 diverter valve) Press the new valve into the faucet. Lubricate the two big o-rings and install them in the appropriate spots on the shaft. Make clean and lubricate the inside of the faucet spout housing and slide it back onto the faucet housing. So go along to step half dozen to a higher place.

Older Delta Faucet Repair Near You

This sounds like a lot. If y'all experience overwhelmed or only want a professional to handle it feel free to call Advocate Master Plumbing. We've been repairing older Delta faucets for over 27 years. We have fair pricing and don't send salesmen into your home.