Shower Handle O-ring Replacement

Geschrieben von: Cori Fitzpatrick

Kommentare: 4

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Moderate

Schritte

Zeitaufwand

10 Minuten

Einleitung

If you have a shower head with a constant drip, follow this simple and easy guide to replace the rubber o-ring in your shower handle. Replacing the O-ring can help prevent hard water build up, rusting, and wasting water.

Werkzeuge

Ersatzteile

1/4" rubber O-ring gasket

Schritt 1

Be sure your water main is turned off, preventing water flow to your shower.
Using your flat head screwdriver, remove the screw from the middle of the handle.

Schritt 2

Use your groove joint pliers to loosen and remove the escutcheon plate.

Reverse position of pliers pictured

ajbdo1959 - 09/10/20

Schritt 3

Using your groove joint pliers, loosen and remove the cartridge stem.

Reverse position of pliers pictured

ajbdo1959 - 09/10/20

Schritt 4

Slowly unscrew and remove the stem completely.
There may be some water leakage due to built up pressure.

Schritt 5

Using your flat head screwdriver, remove the screw from the end of the stem cartridge.
Once the screw is removed, replace the damaged O-ring with the new replacement O-ring.
When installing a new O-ring, be sure the O-ring has a tight seal to prevent further leaking.
Once reassembly is complete and all parts are snug, turn the water main back on to allow water to flow to the shower again.

Tinte & Feder

Cori Fitzpatrick

Mitglied seit: 21/03/16

213 Reputation

2 Kommentare

I have to change my shower handle, but the plumber asking me to change the shower valve also. But I can’t see any reason to replace the shower valve, is it really necessary to change it when changing shower handle.

Thanks.

Rose Geiger - 02/06/18

This fixed the dripping shower head but now my shower handles are tight and difficult to turn and the water pressure is affected after replacing the o-rings. What could the issue be?

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