HOW TO GET CORE OUT OF HANDLE PLUS
The cold water faucet finally failed and I ordered new parts from Moen (the cartridge plus various adapters and also their tool to aid in removing a cartridge nut. I have a Moen bathroom sink faucet Model Number 4570. So it isn't obvious how I could get enough to where it could count.Īny suggestions for extracting the old cartridge? Aside from the poisoning potential of WD-40, the cartridge is a very snug fit and O rings seal the area where scale could build up. There have been some other questions here about removing cartridges. Nothing budged, and I'm concerned that the cast metal body is too brittle, and that using the thin top rim for leverage is likely to break it. I've also tried a small pry bar as a lever between the vice grips and the body of the faucet. I've used enough force to knock off the vice grips but the cartridge body doesn't budge. I've used vise grips on the stem in the up position, tapping them up with a hammer. I tried using a metal tool to turn it without success, stopping short of enough pressure to damage the plastic cartridge. I managed to turn the cartridge body maybe a few degrees and now it is stuck there. The cartridge is frozen inside the faucet. Pulling up on the stem is supposed to pull out the cartridge. Inside the body of the cartridge, there is a stem that moves up and down for shut-off/flow volume, and rotates for hot/cold mix. The only obvious purpose for this would be to sheer any built-up scale that might be stuck in the various openings, or just to generally loosen the body. You are supposed to use it to twist the body of the old cartridge. The removal tool is a plastic cap that fits around some wings in the top of the cartridge. It has O rings top and bottom to seal it.
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The cartridge is completely circular, nothing keyed. The instructions at this point look like this: I've removed everything that is supposed to come apart up to this point, including the retaining clip that holds the cartridge in. Moen sent a replacement cartridge (1225 B), that includes a removal tool. I have a single-lever Moen kitchen faucet that's 12 yrs old and I'm trying to replace the original cartridge.