How To Fix A Faucet That Is Leaking From The Neck
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Kung Fu Maintenance demonstrates how to fix a high rise faucet that is leaking from the neck and explains the importance of using a high temperature faucet grease to make the repair last for a long time. Faucet Leaks From Neck Kung Fu Maintenance Repair!
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Today I'm going to be showing you how to repair a leaking high-rise faucet. It's showing it's leaking at the neck here. See all the water coming out? That's not right. It's going to be leaking down below, and we don't want that. Anyway, for this repair, we don't need to turn the water off. If you have a single handle faucet, for that type of repair you would need to turn the water off. A lot of times, this one you can do by hand, this one here. Just turn it out.
If you did need to use a pair of channel locks, you're going to want to protect your jaws with tape like so, to prevent marring the neck here. You also could use a strap wrench for this, which is a lot better than channel locks. Because channel locks could deform the neck if you were to squeeze it too tight, it could deform or reshape the neck as well as mark it up.
But a strap wrench kind of grabs it, tightens down and you can cinch it down and turn it out. But anyway, this one we can do by hand. Inside here, there's three O-rings, and these are the O-rings that we're going to need to replace here. Now I already know my sizes of O-rings that I need, but if you don't know what sizes you need, they do sell an O-ring kit. The stuff that I'm going to be using is pretty stinky.
It's this faucet grease here, and if you get it on your hands, it's pretty tough to wash off. Because it's a high temperature faucet grease and it's meant to not wash off with water. When you go to repair this, you're going to want to wear gloves, and a good way to do this is to wear two or three pairs of these disposable gloves.
You'll see reason I do this is this stuff's so smelly. What you can do is unwrap the glove, one of the gloves, in order to use your tools and not get the faucet grease all over your tool. Not get the faucet grease all over the outside of the faucet. This faucet is going to be in need of some cleaning afterwards anyway, but that's another story.
The easy way to get these O-rings off is to use a small flathead screwdriver. I've got one in my Leatherman, so it comes in handy for this. And it's just a matter of picking these off, fairly simple. If you keep them together, you can use that to size up your new O-ring to make sure you're getting the right size. And all three of these are the same size, so you really only need to keep one together so if you needed to cut it, you could.
Not a big deal. Okay. One, two, three O-rings, another reason for the gloves there. Now what you want to do is coat this so that underneath it, it'll have a coating of the faucet grease. This stuff can be a little tricky to get apart sometimes, and mine's getting kind of old. It's time to order some more faucet grease. So anyway, go underneath where your O-rings are going to go.
Thanks for the help. Got a tube of faucet grease and a new o ring and back in business in just a few minutes.
Thank you for this video. I have recently inherited a house and have no idea what I'm doing. You made this look as easy as it actually is. Two minutes to take apart my spout, five minutes in Home Depot, and three minutes to replace o-rings and spout. THANK YOU!
You are the man! Same problem and almost couldn't get the fitting loose with no spare parts but only one rubber ring and a sleeve around the neck of the faucet. Cleaned it up with a brush. Put it back together and bam! No leak...for now. Thanks
I can't tell you what a help this video was to me, as well as saving the cost of having a plumber. These "O" rings last a long time but changing mine and applying the plumber's grease as indicated has fixed the leak that was starting at the pivot. I am probably over-sensitive to leaking water but it is great to be able to fix something like this so quickly and inexpensively. Thank you for making and posting this. Also for the other useful tips like padding the channel lock jaws and using paper towel to check for moisture under the sink. Cheers and a big thumbs up!
Thanks so much problem solved. I knew how to fix but use youtube to make sure before attempting a repair.Also to make sure im not over my head.
Delta O rings are lubricated - no need for faucet grease- no need for gloves-use needle nose pliers-
pinch the old O-ring with the pliers - it creates a small loop which you grip to pull the O ring over -
Delta gives life time warranty on their faucets and free replacements parts, like O rings - save your manuals for parts number.
Now THAT'S helpful and handy!
Thank God I come a cross this video and you two my friend both are very help ful and my life saver, will call delta, thank you very much
Thanks for sharing your knowledge which was very helpful to me. One suggestion though is to use a simpler type font on your printed messages. The fancy font is hard to read. Thanks again.
Thank you for making it easy on how to do the work.
Worked like a charm thank you so much for posting this
thanks very helpful and good tips along the way
sorry to ask this...................what if the water is turned off and the base of the spout still leaks ?.......does this mean the ceramic cartridge needs replacing ?.....also, my tap handle is loose - could this cause the leak due to not closing the ceramic cartridge properly ?................many thanks
Thanks for the video! I have a question! My 'stem' part was slowly unscrewing itself and working it's way up the neck. I kinda noticed it a few days ago. Today my faucet started squirting every where finally. I hand tightened it back down into place but now its leaking out from top like your video showed. Is it still o-rings or something else?
Great video. Thank you.
Very helpful! Thank you. I would also like to know what you were talking about with the air gap? The camera was moving around under the sink so fast that I could not tell what I was supposed to be looking for. Also, could you show how to stop a faucet from leaking around the handles? Thank you so much!
Thanks for the help! I’ll take care of this first thing in the morning lol
Thank You for the education, I have to do this for my faucet.
+Gerald Davis Welcome! Hope me channel serves you well!!
Have a similiar faucet on my laundry tub, except the neck is short and has a 90° bend...
I unscrewed it, pulled the neck straight up, and at the end is a single o-ring. It was damaged, so ofcourse i replace it, leak comes back the following day.
Pull apart again, o-ring was distorted, so i changed it out for another, all good. Following day, leak back AGAIN...
Any idea whats going on? Could the whole thing just be worn out, and replacing the faucet is the best bet?
how do I stop that little run off of water that comes after I turn the faucet off? Similar to what happens when you turn the faucet in the video off.
Thank you very much
Man, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
Like the video. It's the type of faucet I have, but I did not like the font. It's hard to read.
Can you also use a high loop for the dishwasher drain?
I just did this same repair, albeit without the grease. Price Pfister sent replacement gaskets for free; unfortunately I am still having the same issue! 😖 Any ideas on what to try next?
Good video. I wonder would repair work without faucet grease. MAybe use vaseline or something.
Thank you!
I had an idea that you unscreew. Suggestion to boost customer satisfaction. Make up a water and vinager spray to clean up the deposits.
You said "I know what size O-rings I need", can you share? Are they all the same size or is it the kit like HD sells "Delex O-Ring Kit #RP25" which is 3 o-rings but one is thinner than the others. thanks!
my faucet needs allen wrench, what's the size any idea?
I gave up. I could not get that stupid cover loose. I put vice grips directly on the chrome piece and couldn't move it.
Good job, can you tell me please how to stop leek at that third Spout in the sing! My wife uses it to wash her hair and it leeks on the bottom somewhere and only if she uses that third small shower attachment. Thanks....
If you are asking about a spray atachment they usually have a nut that unscrew at the bottom of the sprayer. Sometimes the oring needs to be adjusted lubed and reset. Sometimes these wear out and the sprayer need to be replaced. It just unscrews form to base of the sprayer to attach to the hose.
I have a neck-style faucet just like that, but it has no o-rings at all...when you remove the neck, the tightening nut stays captive to the faucet neck by a small round metal collar. This is a rented place, so I've only now discovered that there's NO rubber gasket at all inside, which is probably why the thing's been dribbling out the top...gonna try size-matching a little o-ring to sneak inside between the retaining piece and the threaded connector. Any other ideas?
I HATE these sort of faucets.. I actually preffer the old style. First my kitchen faucet broke then the bathroom so they are BOTH being replaced with a more traditional solid style. For the bathroom I decided on the kohler Forte. it's alot more solid and has a gentle arc vrs the high arc that always seems to find my arms :(
Did not work on an American Standard Hamilton, that only has one O ring.
This is a very informative video. Unfortunately, my boyfriend was unable to unscrew the neck even with the appropriate pliers, so we couldn't get in to replace the O rings. Do you have any tips on how else to get this apart?
+Andrea Terdik Some types of faucets will have a release pin that must be pushed in or pulled out to remove the neck. Others will have an alan key or set screw that must be loosened to remove the neck. Most common threaded on type is shown in the video.
Do you have to replace that plastic clip above the 2nd-o-ring?
The plastic clip above second oring rarely ever needs to be replaced.
@@KungFuMaintenance ok thanks. Because I've seen some similar videos and they replaced the plastic clip as well. .. Ill try the o -rings first and hopeful that does the trick. Thanks again
good info,,, thanks
Have a delta 4 hole faucet. just have two problems. cold water leaks but also the faucet leaks at the base. is there a tool I need to disassemble it to change the o rings?
needed to check the video as the camera was not capturing all that you were doing
Did you tighty righty lefty loosey this? Looked like you were loosening and tightening the wrong way. I can't get mine off...
Yes, lefty loosey. Some of these can be tricky. Avoid squeezing to prevent deforming the neck. A strap wrench is a good way to prevent squeezing and or marking the neck. A stubborn one can be helped along by applying some penetrating oil or lubricant around the top of the neck and leaving it to sit for awhile. Some of these the threads are around the top of the nut some the threads around the bottom. I find it best to use my tool at the same location of the threads as that area is a bit stronger and gives the best result.
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Thank you. I didn't want to buy a new one, but I can't get it off... I will try W-D though as a last resort. I don't have a strap wrench.. I used a rubber glove and a good grasp. But I am a woman, and can't get it off.. thanks for the suggestion. It looks so easy to do. This leak has caused some major leaking in the back.
What's all that crap all over the screen?
wrlord Fertilizer.
Never heard of "faucet grease". It must be better than Vaseline?
Instead of wasting all those gloves why not use a cotton qutip to apply the grease. That's what I did. Just a suggestion.
Mine is leaking from under neath the sink
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