Here is how I do it.


Remove the handle, remove the packing nut, re-install the handle. Turn
handle counter clockwise to remove stem. Lefty loosie, righty tightie. The
handle will give you the leverage and keep you from marring the stem with
pliers or buggering up the stem end which could keep the handle from going
back on.

OK, now the stem turns and turns and turns. But it won't come out.
Is something stripped? Solutions, please. Thanks, Jack