On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:15:20 +0000, PoP wrote:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:57:23 +0000, Andy Hall
wrote:

- O ring seal at the back which seals the centre stainless steel tube
of the cartridge to the back of the valve body. These also come with
a replacement cartridge, and silicone grease is useful to fit them.
If this one fails, it does not mean a leak since it is internal.

I was working on one of these last week - and that rubber seal is
embedded into the plastic surround, making it nigh on impossible to
remove to replace with a new one.

Has anyone come up with an inventive way of getting this seal out of
one of these shower units? Tried the crochet hook approach, no good.


No that doesn't work.

A darning needle is one approach - jab it into the rubber and hook
away from the groove. Typically it will split which is fine anyway.
A scalpel or craft knife with long blade is another way and you can
easily jab the Oring but take care with this way.


..andy

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