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Default Moen "chateau" faucet issues


"Bob F" wrote in message
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I believe so, yes, and I believe that it is limed up as well. Now that I've
got a reasonably functional sprayer on it, I find that I don't hear the
"snapping" noise that Tony describes, and water still dribbles out of the
aerator while using the spray nozzle. How the heck do you disassemble this
thing?

this was all I could find:

http://www.moen.com/shared/pdf/7430pt.pdf

which isn't really much help... it appears that step 1 is to remove a plug in
the handle, and I can't even see how to get that out without destroying it...
and the diverter is just shown floating in space without any indication where
it is located...

maybe I'll try disassembling "my" faucet first just so I can see what the
hell is going on in there, that way if I destroy it I at least won't have
destroyed an installed, functional faucet...


Use a allen wrench to loosen the set screw that holds the handle on. Unscrew
the top of the valve, then pull out the controll ball. The diverter is under
that.



I could add - I had one that a new diverter didn't fix. I finally discovered
that there was an old diverter valve seal stuck in the hole, keeping the
diverter from working.