On 6/25/2020 6:37 PM, dpb wrote:
On 6/25/2020 5:03 PM, wrote:
OP here. IÂ* live in the North East, since someone asked.

dpb, what do you meanÂ* by packing? Is packing that white tape-line
material you see on some shower heads where it screws into the pipe?
Does it go into the treads?

No, that's teflon thread seal tape...

While they do make teflon packing, look up "string bonnet packing" --
it's what will seal around the stem through the bonnet cap...and by
using string material you don't need to find a specific-sized washer.


https://www.acehardware.com/departments/plumbing/faucet-and-faucet-repair/faucet-and-valve-packing


If you go ahead and disassemble, you can see if there is/was a bonnet
washer and, of course, measure it to see if can find one of same size.

The thing w/ the string packing, you can just leave the old one in and
fill in enough w/o worrying about those specific parts...

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