How to repair a Delta faucet. A step by step video brought to you by Henry Bush Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning. For more information please visit us on the web at www.henrybush.com.com
I just tried to replace my o rings and the faucet still leaks.......I'm with you whole-heartedly R Remund, I tried to watch the video to see what I did wrong, I had to quit watching , it was making my eye hurt
Thank you Mr. Livingston (Henry Bush Plumbing), your instructions were very clear and made a job I was dreading simple. This was my first leaky faucet repair, so I set up the laptop right next to the faucet and keep stopping it after each step to mimic your procedure. I can't thank you enough, it was a success!!!
Remember to tell your audience that the notch inside the housing lines up with the slot on the ball. It makes it easier for the novice. Also remind them that they will replacing parts on an old faucet that has calcium build up some things might feel like they are all seized up such as the set screw and the faucet arm. Good video all in all.
Gee Henry; You never mentioned lining up the slot in the ball, with the pin in the right side , of the base , or part that remains on the sink. It would seem that would be a very important step, easily overlooked, and easy to ruin parts if not pointed out.
I'm guessing they've totally re-designed the inside now because mine doesn't have the seats and springs design, it's got a blue gasket that is shaped like a smiley face
Thanks for the video. Great guidance. A little attention to focus of some of the camera shots to provide clearer pictures at times, but very helpful in showing the steps and explaining things to do/keep in mind.
It is nice being shown tutorials on a new faucet, but I have a 12 year Delta Lewiston single lever kitchen faucet that had a bound up (stiff) hub that would not rotate. I think it was originally installed with a very tiny leak that finally caused enough mineral deposits to bind up the hub rotation. It took me 6 hours to fix due to the scale and mineral deposits, but here are some tips. There were enough mineral deposits in the set screw handle that it caused the Allen wrench key to begin bending so much I thought it might break. So I tilted the handle back, added a piece of tape over the bottom half of the set screw hole, and filled it to the top of the tape with penetrating oil. After 30 minutes it still would not budge, so I made fashioned an extension for the Allen key by slipping a long thin hex socket wrench over it. That worked. Next - the plastic dress cap was welded so badly with mineral deposits that it would not easily rotate off. It has internal sprocket holes rather than normal external wrench flats, and I didn’t have a spanner. So I tried a strap wrench. That just slipped off since the cap is domed shaped, so I tried a layer of super grip fabric under the strap wrench, which did not work either. I then checked the web and found a hint that tapping it first would free it. That seemed silly, but I wacked it anyway with the plastic handle of my screwdriver, and low and behold - that did do the trick. I thought the hub might just slip off up over the valve bonnet, but was unable to do this, so spent the next two hours trying to unscrew the valve bonnet with all its mineral deposit welds. My big adjustable wrench just mangled the brass flats, so I opted for a pipe wrench. However there was so much mineralization on the threads, that the pipe wrentch starting turning the entire faucet body. I tried tightening the mounting nut under the sink, but that did not help. So I stuck a big screwdriver down the faucet wand hole in the hub, and applied counter torque in the opposite direction as I rotated the bonnet with the pipe wrench. That slowly did the trick, and was able to unscrew the bonnet after 15 minutes, and remove the valve cartridge. I thought the hub would just slip up over that, but it was stuck solid. After another hour of rocking it back and forth, inserting a putty knife into the bottom of the hub and prying it up with a screw driver, and inserting a screwdriver into the other side of the bottom and rotating it to add more leverage, it finally pulled up and off. It took another half hour using a wire brush and a Dremel tool grinder to remove all the scale and mineralization that was built up in the hub. And had to scrape a lot of black stuff off the internal valve bracket that the hub fits over. I cleaned off the threads, o-rings, and viring (the v is narrower at the top when you drop back onto the bonnet). I slathered silicon grease over all threads, rings, and gaskets. Then reassembled. It leaked a bit the first time I tried it, so I removed the dress cap and tightened the bonnet a bit more, which seemed to do the trick. All in all it probably would have been cheaper time-wise to just install a new fixture, but that would admit defeat. And none of the parts were actually corroded since they were all brass and chrome and plastic. The Delta Lewiston was well made (and made in USA). I don’t think I would have had any problems if the original installer had noticed and fixed the tiny leak.
I think I am facing the same issue with my bathroom sink faucet. Its a delta brand single handle (acrylic - looks like glass, is transparent) faucet. It opens up from the top by removing the plastic cover cap and removing one screw. After that I am unable to budge the plastic dress cap. Reading this gives me an idea that mine probably is also stuck for similar reasons as I noticed lots of green/orange stuff around the faucet assembly. Thanks for sharing your experience in such detail
OMG, I went through the same thing you did! At every turn, everything was stuck and corroded but I would not admit defeat and spent countless hours (appx 8-10) taking apart the faucet, then cleaning all the corrosion only to find out (in the end) that the replacement parts didn't quite fit. I thought I was doing something wrong so I disassembled and reassembled multiple times then went to the store and bought Delta replacement parts instead of Danco but the cam still didn't quite fit right. The original cam assembly looked exactly like the one in the video but I could not for the life of me find those exact parts. When I finally managed to reassemble the faucet despite the bulging cam assembly, the handle didn't shut off the cold water as it should so I had a to cock the handle to the right to shut off the water. After all this, within 2 days, the spout developed a pinhole causing a miniature geyser 🙄, that's when I knew I had to throw in the towel but wanted to stop the geyser until I could find a replacement faucet so I proceeded to try silicone to plug the pinholes, that didn't work so I moved on to Marine epoxy, small beads of water ran down the spout so I wrapped the area with Teflon tape which somewhat helped mitigate the small drip. I am now in possession of a Peerless faucet which looks similar to my old Delta and pray that the installation will go smoothly. Lesson learned, don't mess with a forty-year-old fixture, the manufacturer probably no longer makes the correct parts to rebuild it. On the bright side, I can now rebuild a Delta faucet with my eyes closed! 😂
BTW, I had to saturate every thing with WD-40 and let sit for 30 minutes to an hour in order to first disassemble the handle, then the bonnet, followed by the cam and ball and finally the spout which was the worst. I of course then had to clean and flush the toxic substance from the parts I had to reuse. I realize this was an insane project but I just didn't want to give up.
Thanks, Henry! I used this video about 3 years ago and it gave me great instructions. I'm just watching again to refresh my memory so I can change the seats and springs.
I ordered my repair kit online and it came with no instructions so you saved me a big headache with all the extra parts that came with the kit for the different models, you explained everything perfectly! Thank you
Thank you so much. I have never rebuilt a faucet and thought the single handle would be a nightmare. I was ready to replace it with a two knob type till I saw your video. I returned the eighty dollar faucet in exchange for the twelve dollar rebuild kit and of course got most of my money back and now it works better than it did when I first bought it! Again thank you.
This video is extremely helpful to understand the steps. My question is what to do if spout does not come so easily as you have demonstrated in your video?
I had to use 00 steel wool to polish the inside of the spout before re-greasing. All the chrome wore off and it was rough inside making the spout hard to turn.
awesome dude! i was losing my mind trying to get this done! also, on mine the allen set screw was hidden behind a red and blue delta symbol! might want to mention that.
I completed this 2 days ago. Lubed where recommended. The spout Drip was resolved but now there is really low and slow seepage out of the faucet body onto the counter and NO HOT WATER! Went back through it again and carefully examined everything. Same result. Yes, main water turned back on and hot and cold valves under the sink were turned back on. Can anyone advise? Thank you in advance. 🙂 -Brian
Thank you. I missed a few parts on a repair the first time. Now its done right. FYI, staff ask if you need assistance all the time when going to lowes or Home Depot.
Who is going to have an 'O-ring Pick' lying around ?!! Or 'Stem Lube' ? This video is clearly aimed to scare people into buying a new Delta faucey rather than trying to fix it themselves. 'Darla Ratlif's mother' could not have possibly rebuilt her faucet 'in 15 minutes' unless she was a plumber !
Thank you for this amazing video ... just finished replacing the inside parts for our Delta 200 faucet... she's about 60 years old... and works like a beauty!!
On my faucet the cap assembly is stuck so tight that it's hard to get off with a pipe wrench and rag to protect the assembly. The bottom of the cap has "teeth ridges" going around the entire base of the cap ( It's a little different than the one in the video. I'm not sure it's even a Delta ). With the cap assembly being so stuck and hard to come off, is there anything I can use to help it come off? I don't think so but I'm not sure. I don't want to damage the faucet. Thanks
Could not watch this entire video because the focus was so bad. Unfortunate, because the speaker seems to be capable and clear in language. But hard, if not impossible, to watch.
logyscott or use a better focus; too blurry; plus explain the that wide end of the spring goes in first then the washer goes in with the wide lip of the washer facing up ...
Or if you’re that fucking stupid, call a repair man. It isn’t rocket science.. Why would the video need to be in HD? The picture looks fine, even on my old ass smart phone 😧
Thank you Wes and Henry Bush Plumbing for this video. I could never get my spout to come off, so I didn't think it would come of without going under the sink. My bad back can't handle that task so it just kept leaking for the past year. I needed to replace the o-rings because it would leak from the base of the spout when in use. After seeing you just pull the spout right off of the faucet, I sprayed silicone down thru top of spout area and moved it back and forth. Voila, it came off and I went to the hardware store with every part inside for replacement parts. $30 later and about a half hour of getting it all assembled properly, my Delta faucet works better and easier than it has in 15 years! I can't thank you enough for supplying us with this video. Thanks again Wes!!!!
Mine is a Delta kitchen faucet that looks like this on the outside, but nothing like this on the inside. Instead of a ball, there's a flat white puck that is moved around over a plate with holes in it.
Blurry video in areas where detail is needed. Failed to mention spring orientation - narrower side up or down. Needed to go to a different video to complete project.
Did not like this instruction video . Why is it you can not use common every day tools instead of these special tools only you professionals use . Most common folk do not have these tool on hand .
I followed your instruction as shown but after I did I noticed one of the rubber seat is shorter than the other, which side would the shorter one go? after the repair no more leak but so is the cold water? wife is asking me to buy a new faucet now. I don't know what happened but why did I lose the cold water?
My faucet is leaky at the spout. I took it apart and wonder a couple of things. The O rings are not super tight? and the seat and spring assembly - one of flush and one was not? Initially I thought the flush was wrong, but on second thought the flush one may be to flush and spring not working and allowing water to go up?
Helpfull video. On the ball there is a slot that is on the cold water side. Is there a cam or guide inside the valve body assembly that engages that slot? What is the purpose of that slot?
Nice video. I am about to tackle the job with much more confidence. One point, as a retired dentist, is that the helper that is used should be referred to as a "dental instrument" not a "dental tool". Misuse of that term is a a sore point with dentists.
Your probably a great plumber, but video work not so hot, it's out of focus much of the time when someone would really like to be seeing what your speaking about.
@mlustig1 Does the spout pull out of the faucet. If so, you normally do not need to remove the spout. In that case you would just remove the handle to access the cartridge. Most pull out faucets have a ceramic disk cartridge.
This is a great video. But I have a problem. My kitchen faucet has an aerator with a hose, and I think the hose is preventing the hub assembly from coming off. And I can't get the hose out of the faucet. What do I do?
Hi, I saw your video on You Tube. My Delta has a built-in spray spout. How do I remove the spout assembly to replace the two O rings, with a faucet that has a pull-out spray as the faucet assembly. Thank you
Excellent explanation. Wish close-up were sharp and clear as the explanation. Unfortunately the camera is always OUT OF FOCUS and this really detracts from your fine description. However, thanks for the useful video.
I did everything according to the video. It all seems to be working good, but the handle is very loose now. Almost too loose. I tightened everything up as much as possible. Any thoughts?
This would've been a well done video if you just took the thingamajigger and put it at a 90 degree angle to the flux capacitator. I know, it's a blessing and a curse how smart I am.
8:28...what if the water is comming up through the cam and the ball? I made sure the springs and seat are snug in the holes, but water is still comming out.
If you don't grease the seals at the ball you won't be happy with the repair. I was going to replace the faucet but someone told me about the grease. On the 4th repair (over a 10 year period on my Mothers faucet) it works perfectly now. The genuine Delta seals and springs may have helped too. I also greased the side of the seals so they can move in their bores freely. Live and learn. Grease your seals.
One thing not mentioned, as you are putting the ball assembly back in, to the right side of the opening is a little metal nub that must be fitted into a narrow slot in the ball. The ball will not seat properly until this is done. Thanks for your video. Faucet is now repaired.
This proved very helpful to me as I had to fix my kitchen faucet, today. The only thing that could be mentioned is the alignment of the ball stem, but I figured that out. Thanks!
thank you henry bush. this video helped me out. i was getting super frustrated w changing my seat washers in my sink bc it was dripping. i didnt know until i watched this video that after you change the seat washers you must use the flat wrench to tighten the cap back on the faucet. the instructions in the seat washer case says hand tighten , but they were wrong you must tighten w a wrench
It's probably also a good idea to put a stopper in the sink before you begin.
At least turn the water off.
Or cover the drain with a towel
Thanks for the info, but DAMN! I would probably make sure my video was in focus and edited before I broadcast it to the world
I just tried to replace my o rings and the faucet still leaks.......I'm with you whole-heartedly R Remund, I tried to watch the video to see what I did wrong, I had to quit watching , it was making my eye hurt
Thank you Mr. Livingston (Henry Bush Plumbing), your instructions were very clear and made a job I was dreading simple. This was my first leaky faucet repair, so I set up the laptop right next to the faucet and keep stopping it after each step to mimic your procedure. I can't thank you enough, it was a success!!!
You should mention that the springs go in with the wider end down, so that the seat is on the narrower end.
Remember to tell your audience that the notch inside the housing lines up with the slot on the ball. It makes it easier for the novice. Also remind them that they will replacing parts on an old faucet that has calcium build up some things might feel like they are all seized up such as the set screw and the faucet arm. Good video all in all.
Gee Henry; You never mentioned lining up the slot in the ball, with the pin in the right side , of the base , or part that remains on the sink. It would seem that would be a very important step, easily overlooked, and easy to ruin parts if not pointed out.
I'm guessing they've totally re-designed the inside now because mine doesn't have the seats and springs design, it's got a blue gasket that is shaped like a smiley face
Don't forget about alignment of the little slot on the ball with the pin on the side, as mentioned below by Greg. I've made that mistake before!
Very helpful video. Thank you. Next video : "Video focus techniques".
if you finished watching this video, then you dont need one :)
Useful video crappy camera the focus was horrible the whole time.
This was taken in 2009, btw...
Very helpful, even with the blurry close-up shots.
Excellent, only thing missing was the grunge around the old parts, thanks.
Thanks for the video. Great guidance. A little attention to focus of some of the camera shots to provide clearer pictures at times, but very helpful in showing the steps and explaining things to do/keep in mind.
Nice presentation. But the video is not clearly all the time. The camera man did not do a good job.
It is nice being shown tutorials on a new faucet, but I have a 12 year Delta Lewiston single lever kitchen faucet that had a bound up (stiff) hub that would not rotate. I think it was originally installed with a very tiny leak that finally caused enough mineral deposits to bind up the hub rotation. It took me 6 hours to fix due to the scale and mineral deposits, but here are some tips.
There were enough mineral deposits in the set screw handle that it caused the Allen wrench key to begin bending so much I thought it might break. So I tilted the handle back, added a piece of tape over the bottom half of the set screw hole, and filled it to the top of the tape with penetrating oil. After 30 minutes it still would not budge, so I made fashioned an extension for the Allen key by slipping a long thin hex socket wrench over it. That worked.
Next - the plastic dress cap was welded so badly with mineral deposits that it would not easily rotate off. It has internal sprocket holes rather than normal external wrench flats, and I didn’t have a spanner. So I tried a strap wrench. That just slipped off since the cap is domed shaped, so I tried a layer of super grip fabric under the strap wrench, which did not work either. I then checked the web and found a hint that tapping it first would free it. That seemed silly, but I wacked it anyway with the plastic handle of my screwdriver, and low and behold - that did do the trick.
I thought the hub might just slip off up over the valve bonnet, but was unable to do this, so spent the next two hours trying to unscrew the valve bonnet with all its mineral deposit welds. My big adjustable wrench just mangled the brass flats, so I opted for a pipe wrench. However there was so much mineralization on the threads, that the pipe wrentch starting turning the entire faucet body. I tried tightening the mounting nut under the sink, but that did not help. So I stuck a big screwdriver down the faucet wand hole in the hub, and applied counter torque in the opposite direction as I rotated the bonnet with the pipe wrench. That slowly did the trick, and was able to unscrew the bonnet after 15 minutes, and remove the valve cartridge.
I thought the hub would just slip up over that, but it was stuck solid. After another hour of rocking it back and forth, inserting a putty knife into the bottom of the hub and prying it up with a screw driver, and inserting a screwdriver into the other side of the bottom and rotating it to add more leverage, it finally pulled up and off.
It took another half hour using a wire brush and a Dremel tool grinder to remove all the scale and mineralization that was built up in the hub. And had to scrape a lot of black stuff off the internal valve bracket that the hub fits over.
I cleaned off the threads, o-rings, and viring (the v is narrower at the top when you drop back onto the bonnet). I slathered silicon grease over all threads, rings, and gaskets. Then reassembled.
It leaked a bit the first time I tried it, so I removed the dress cap and tightened the bonnet a bit more, which seemed to do the trick.
All in all it probably would have been cheaper time-wise to just install a new fixture, but that would admit defeat. And none of the parts were actually corroded since they were all brass and chrome and plastic. The Delta Lewiston was well made (and made in USA). I don’t think I would have had any problems if the original installer had noticed and fixed the tiny leak.
I think I am facing the same issue with my bathroom sink faucet. Its a delta brand single handle (acrylic - looks like glass, is transparent) faucet. It opens up from the top by removing the plastic cover cap and removing one screw. After that I am unable to budge the plastic dress cap. Reading this gives me an idea that mine probably is also stuck for similar reasons as I noticed lots of green/orange stuff around the faucet assembly. Thanks for sharing your experience in such detail
OMG, I went through the same thing you did! At every turn, everything was stuck and corroded but I would not admit defeat and spent countless hours (appx 8-10) taking apart the faucet, then cleaning all the corrosion only to find out (in the end) that the replacement parts didn't quite fit. I thought I was doing something wrong so I disassembled and reassembled multiple times then went to the store and bought Delta replacement parts instead of Danco but the cam still didn't quite fit right. The original cam assembly looked exactly like the one in the video but I could not for the life of me find those exact parts. When I finally managed to reassemble the faucet despite the bulging cam assembly, the handle didn't shut off the cold water as it should so I had a to cock the handle to the right to shut off the water. After all this, within 2 days, the spout developed a pinhole causing a miniature geyser 🙄, that's when I knew I had to throw in the towel but wanted to stop the geyser until I could find a replacement faucet so I proceeded to try silicone to plug the pinholes, that didn't work so I moved on to Marine epoxy, small beads of water ran down the spout so I wrapped the area with Teflon tape which somewhat helped mitigate the small drip. I am now in possession of a Peerless faucet which looks similar to my old Delta and pray that the installation will go smoothly. Lesson learned, don't mess with a forty-year-old fixture, the manufacturer probably no longer makes the correct parts to rebuild it. On the bright side, I can now rebuild a Delta faucet with my eyes closed! 😂
BTW, I had to saturate every thing with WD-40 and let sit for 30 minutes to an hour in order to first disassemble the handle, then the bonnet, followed by the cam and ball and finally the spout which was the worst. I of course then had to clean and flush the toxic substance from the parts I had to reuse. I realize this was an insane project but I just didn't want to give up.
In most of these videos, no one ever cleans the recesses where the o-rings live. Also, wipe out the inside of the faucet housing.
Get things in focus when they're close up.
Excellent! Clearly explained, exactly my faucet assembly so I replaced it easily. Thanks for producing this how-to video.
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
This is a very good video, that would have been a GREAT video if the focus was better. The narrative made up for a lot. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Henry! I used this video about 3 years ago and it gave me great instructions. I'm just watching again to refresh my memory so I can change the seats and springs.
I ordered my repair kit online and it came with no instructions so you saved me a big headache with all the extra parts that came with the kit for the different models, you explained everything perfectly! Thank you
Thank you so much. I have never rebuilt a faucet and thought the single handle would be a nightmare. I was ready to replace it with a two knob type till I saw your video. I returned the eighty dollar faucet in exchange for the twelve dollar rebuild kit and of course got most of my money back and now it works better than it did when I first bought it! Again thank you.
nice information but camera guy sucks
This video is extremely helpful to understand the steps.
My question is what to do if spout does not come so easily as you have demonstrated in your video?
I had to use 00 steel wool to polish the inside of the spout before re-greasing. All the chrome wore off and it was rough inside making the spout hard to turn.
awesome dude! i was losing my mind trying to get this done! also, on mine the allen set screw was hidden behind a red and blue delta symbol! might want to mention that.
You must have done something wrong. No water comes out anymore.
Unable to get the hex screw out. It is stuck! Will not unscrew.
I completed this 2 days ago. Lubed where recommended. The spout Drip was resolved but now there is really low and slow seepage out of the faucet body onto the counter and NO HOT WATER! Went back through it again and carefully examined everything. Same result. Yes, main water turned back on and hot and cold valves under the sink were turned back on. Can anyone advise? Thank you in advance. 🙂 -Brian
What about the diverter valve which was installed or removed on your faucet?
Nicely done...thank you!
There was one minor problem with seating the ball valve.
So True! "Is their any HELP AROUND HERE?"
Thank you. I missed a few parts on a repair the first time. Now its done right. FYI, staff ask if you need assistance all the time when going to lowes or Home Depot.
How to find the proper replacement kit?
it's not easy at all
Mine is from Circa 1984 and there are no numbers
Who is going to have an 'O-ring Pick' lying around ?!! Or 'Stem Lube' ? This video is clearly aimed to scare people into buying a new Delta faucey rather than trying to fix it themselves. 'Darla Ratlif's mother' could not have possibly rebuilt her faucet 'in 15 minutes' unless she was a plumber !
Thank you, hubby was cussing up a storm, this video saved me from a head ache.
Thank you for this amazing video ... just finished replacing the inside parts for our Delta 200 faucet... she's about 60 years old... and works like a beauty!!
Excellent! Looks so simple. How do you fix your faucet when you have neighbors using your same water line? Probably at Midnight? 👍
Thanks so much for the video - helped me get this fixed for $2.67..... which was huge for us right now!
I couldn't keep watching. The guy is terrible.
Allen wrench trick alone was worth subscribe.. thumbs up 👍🏻
blurry but informative tks //use a towel with crestent wrench also a chop stick...making do...lol
I watched others' demo, yours is the most professional. Very well done.
I noticed your Demo Faucet was missing the Diverter Valve. Are they only used for Spray Attachments?
On my faucet the cap assembly is stuck so tight that it's hard to get off with a pipe wrench and rag to protect the assembly. The bottom of the cap has "teeth ridges" going around the entire base of the cap ( It's a little different than the one in the video. I'm not sure it's even a Delta ). With the cap assembly being so stuck and hard to come off, is there anything I can use to help it come off? I don't think so but I'm not sure. I don't want to damage the faucet. Thanks
Thanks, helpful video. That said, more careful attention to focus would have improved the video.
can't get the dome cap off...any suggestions? I poured boiling water over it but it still won't turn.
You can also get the parts FREE by writing to Delta!
Thank you so much! You helped a girl change her own faucet 😁
THERE YOU GO GIRL GOOD TO HEAR ANYONE CAN DO THESE THINGZ USE TECHNOLOGY TO LEARN AND SAVE YOUR MONEY 💰!
Thank you for the tutorial, very informative, if I ain’t careful I might turn out to be a genuine DYI’er.
Delta faucets have a lifetime guarantee. If you are the original buyer Delta Customer Service will send you a free repair kit-all original Delta Parts
How do you remove the spout so easily? Mine does not come off, I can spin it 360 degrees but can't life it up to take it off?
I appreciate your efforts. But all the up close parts of video were out of focus and I couldn't see how the springs go in.
I’ve had one for 22 years. I’ve done 3 seal and ball change outs.
Important parts of the video - close-in shots of the parts and fixtures - are blurry.
Thanks, I assume the hot and cold water seats, the cone shape of the springs narrow upward, you didn’t mention
Will this make my faucet stop whistling so loud?
This video is AWESOME!!
I became a pro from watching your detailed steps 💪👍👍👍
Thank you 👊🫶
The seat springs are tapered which way should they go? That's the only reason I watched this lame RUclips and you didn't tell me.
Could not watch this entire video because the focus was so bad. Unfortunate, because the speaker seems to be capable and clear in language. But hard, if not impossible, to watch.
please re-do this exact video but in HD, thank you!
logyscott or use a better focus; too blurry; plus explain the that wide end of the spring goes in first then the washer goes in with the wide lip of the washer facing up ...
Or if you’re that fucking stupid, call a repair man. It isn’t rocket science.. Why would the video need to be in HD? The picture looks fine, even on my old ass smart phone 😧
1.25 million views in 11 years there's a lot of leaky faucets out there.
did he just put lube on the ball? wouldn't that contaminate your drinking water?
Thank you Wes and Henry Bush Plumbing for this video. I could never get my spout to come off, so I didn't think it would come of without going under the sink. My bad back can't handle that task so it just kept leaking for the past year. I needed to replace the o-rings because it would leak from the base of the spout when in use. After seeing you just pull the spout right off of the faucet, I sprayed silicone down thru top of spout area and moved it back and forth. Voila, it came off and I went to the hardware store with every part inside for replacement parts. $30 later and about a half hour of getting it all assembled properly, my Delta faucet works better and easier than it has in 15 years! I can't thank you enough for supplying us with this video. Thanks again Wes!!!!
Mine is a Delta kitchen faucet that looks like this on the outside, but nothing like this on the inside. Instead of a ball, there's a flat white puck that is moved around over a plate with holes in it.
Blurry video in areas where detail is needed. Failed to mention spring orientation - narrower side up or down. Needed to go to a different video to complete project.
Great video! Information is presented in a deliberate and understandable manner. I was able to face a much dreaded repair. DONE. :)
How do you know which cartridge kit to buy for your faucet?
my water valves will NOT move and the city won't come out to turn my main off. wtf!
If you can net get the set screw on the handle off USE HEAT with a propane torch. Unscrew it while it is hot.
you didn't fix the faucet brah , there was no water coming out
Can I get the theme song on Itunes lol. Its stuck in my head now
Good luck getting the handle off and old faucet
Did not like this instruction video . Why is it you can not use common every day tools instead of these special tools only you professionals use . Most common folk do not have these tool on hand .
My mom just repaired our kitchen faucet and it didn't take but 15 mins. Great video. It works like a charm now. Thanks so much so making this video!
I followed your instruction as shown but after I did I noticed one of the rubber seat is shorter than the other, which side would the shorter one go? after the repair no more leak but so is the cold water? wife is asking me to buy a new faucet now. I don't know what happened but why did I lose the cold water?
My faucet is leaky at the spout. I took it apart and wonder a couple of things. The O rings are not super tight? and the seat and spring assembly - one of flush and one was not? Initially I thought the flush was wrong, but on second thought the flush one may be to flush and spring not working and allowing water to go up?
Thank you! No more Chinese water torture!
Helpfull video. On the ball there is a slot that is on the cold water side. Is there a cam or guide inside the valve body assembly that engages that slot? What is the purpose of that slot?
Thank you! My friend and I just fixed her faucet by following your directions! Excellent! It doesn't leak and works great! :)
Nice video. I am about to tackle the job with much more confidence. One point, as a retired dentist, is that the helper that is used should be referred to as a "dental instrument" not a "dental tool". Misuse of that term is a a sore point with dentists.
Your probably a great plumber, but video work not so hot, it's out of focus much of the time when someone would really like to be seeing what your speaking about.
@mlustig1 Does the spout pull out of the faucet. If so, you normally do not need to remove the spout. In that case you would just remove the handle to access the cartridge. Most pull out faucets have a ceramic disk cartridge.
This is a great video. But I have a problem. My kitchen faucet has an aerator with a hose, and I think the hose is preventing the hub assembly from coming off. And I can't get the hose out of the faucet. What do I do?
Hi, I saw your video on You Tube. My Delta has a built-in spray spout. How do I remove the spout assembly to replace the two O rings, with a faucet that has a pull-out spray as the faucet assembly.
Thank you
Excellent explanation. Wish close-up were sharp and clear as the explanation. Unfortunately the camera is always OUT OF FOCUS and this really detracts from your fine description. However, thanks for the useful video.
I did everything according to the video. It all seems to be working good, but the handle is very loose now. Almost too loose. I tightened everything up as much as possible. Any thoughts?
This would've been a well done video if you just took the thingamajigger and put it at a 90 degree angle to the flux capacitator. I know, it's a blessing and a curse how smart I am.
Helped me thru it, thanks!!
8:28...what if the water is comming up through the cam and the ball? I made sure the springs and seat are snug in the holes, but water is still comming out.
Don't grease the o rings!! It voids your Delta warranty!!! Delta customer service told me today!
I replaced the springs and seats in my single handle Delta kitchen faucet and it leaks worse now than before. What have I done wrong?
If you don't grease the seals at the ball you won't be happy with the repair. I was going to replace the faucet but someone told me about the grease. On the 4th repair (over a 10 year period on my Mothers faucet) it works perfectly now. The genuine Delta seals and springs may have helped too. I also greased the side of the seals so they can move in their bores freely. Live and learn. Grease your seals.
One thing not mentioned, as you are putting the ball assembly back in, to the right side of the opening is a little metal nub that must be fitted into a narrow slot in the ball. The ball will not seat properly until this is done. Thanks for your video. Faucet is now repaired.
shooting is not clear when u close up...
This proved very helpful to me as I had to fix my kitchen faucet, today. The only thing that could be mentioned is the alignment of the ball stem, but I figured that out. Thanks!
thank you henry bush. this video helped me out. i was getting super frustrated w changing my seat washers in my sink bc it was dripping. i didnt know until i watched this video that after you change the seat washers you must use the flat wrench to tighten the cap back on the faucet. the instructions in the seat washer case says hand tighten , but they were wrong you must tighten w a wrench
Great video! Thank you!
On My bathroom faucet i cannot get the cap to turn. I tried as hard as I could but it is frozen on . What Now?