Moen Two Handle Kitchen Faucet Cartridge Removal

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Moen two handle kitchen faucet cartridge removal.

How to remove your handle. It can also be used in 2 and 3 handle tub shower faucets. The moen 2 handle replacement cartridge fits most moen 2 handle kitchen and bath faucets. To remove the cartridge from your faucet assembly first use a flat headed screwdriver to carefully pry the cover from the handles.

Two handle faucet cartridges. Using a philips screwdriver unscrew the handle screws and pull the handles off from the faucet assembly. If you have a very old two handle faucet it may be a compression type rather than a cartridge. This cartridge retainer removal tool was designed to remove the cartridge nuts in your 2 handle moen faucet.

The official instructions for removing the moen 1224 cartridge are to remove the retaining nut and then simply pull up with a pair of pliers on the cartridge to remove it. Cartridge 4000 unfinished replacement cartridge. Watch the 1224 cartridge removal installation video. Cartridges are usually plastic and are held in place with a metal retaining nut.

Moen makes several types of two handle faucets but your faucet will either have a cover that needs to be pried off the hot water handle and a screw that needs to be removed under the cover or a single screw at the base of the handle. You ll know when you remove the faucet handle. The guide below will help to identify which moen cartridge your kitchen sink faucet uses. Then loosen and remove the nut from the cartridge using pliers.

For shower and tub application. Cartridge 1224 two handle replacement cartridge hot or cold. The handle will either have a removable cap that exposes a phillip screw or a set screw that uses a 7 64 hex wrench. Depending on the configuration of the faucet and wall or backsplash you may be able to hook a pry bar behind the handle support it against a piece of wood and pry the cartridge.

For 2 handle cartridges. Set screw is located in front of the handle with a plug button. It imay be very stuck. But if the cartridge has been in place for five or more years and you have been using hard water this may not work.

Compression faucets usually have a metal valve with a flat rubber washer on the bottom. Step 3 use an adjustable wrench to remove the retaining nut above the cartridge. 1224b cartridges the only significant one is the packaging.