Pull out the clip at the front of the valve part with needle nose pliers. Place the plastic removal tool that came with the replacement cartridge on the valve and push it against it. Use the needle nose pliers to twist the tool and the cartridge at the same time. Pull the cartridge out...
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The faucet seat is a fitting in the bottom of the faucet valve, with a hole in the middle that allows water to flow. On some faucets, including two-handle compression and cartridge faucets, this seat is removable. There is often no reason to remove it, but you might have to if the f...
then use a plumber’s deep socket to extract the faucet stem from the valve body. Replace the defective cartridge with a new Moen replacement cartridge, lubricate the threads with plumber’s grease, and reassemble the faucet. Turn the water supply back on and check for leaks, then caulk arou...
Scale can also bind cartridges inside the valve body, and there's a tool for that, too, called — you guessed it — a cartridge puller. Faucet manufacturers make these tools to fit their faucets, so if you can't find one that works with yourfaucet model, check the manufacturer's websi...