Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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People blame the faucet for other problem. When I moved to this house,
Delta rubber cups lasted 12 to 18 months. I put a water filter in the
main line and they lasted 25 years.

interesting, we have a water filter in the line
and the rubber cups wore out within a few years.

i tried to replace them and the faucet leaked
worse with the replacement parts than with the
old ones in so they are still in there. now i
can stop the drip by putting the faucet up to
the left a little, but it is gradually getting
worse again.

i also tried replacing the ball with a better
one while also replacing the springs and cups but
that didn't help at all and it was much worse.

either there is a trick to it all or my guaranteed
compatible replacement parts aren't ...

does coating any of these with a heavy grease
help?

i don't know what washers someone is speaking of.
there's no washers in the delta ball faucet we have.
it is just the ball and some springs, rubber cups
and the plastic cap with o-rings which holds down
the ball and presses it against the cups/springs
and then the outer screwed down ring which keeps
it all in place.

some day i will either be trying to get the leak
stopped again or replace the whole thing with another
device entirely. it is the main sink which gets used
20-100 times a day. the other sink which also gets a
lot of use was replaced at the same time and it has
never leaked or needed new cups or springs, but it is
not the same design. i think they may have just had
a bad batch or the person who did the initial install
made an error of some sort.

i'm not a plumber so i can't say much else.
(haha, not like that will stop me rattling on anyways
sometimes )


songbird