Hi,

does anyone know what's happpening here ? I'm trying to change a
washer on a tap -- I disassemble the beast, take the stem out and reach
inside and grab the top of the nylon washer with some needle nose
pliers and whip it out. I said WHIP IT OUT! Damn! It won't come out
-- it will rise most of the way but the disk of the washer won't fit
through the hole in the body of the tap (which accepts the stem
assembly.

What is going on here? I checked the hot tap too, and it's identical
-- the washer's too big to remove. I looked to see if the tap was had
for some reason a top section holding the washer in and that needed to
be removed, but I can't see anything obvious.

I'm confused and don't feel "Fawcett 1 - Peter 0" is an acceptable
result -- any idea what could be going on?

--Peter

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Hi,

does anyone know what's happpening here ? I'm trying to change a
washer on a tap -- I disassemble the beast, take the stem out and reach
inside and grab the top of the nylon washer with some needle nose
pliers and whip it out. I said WHIP IT OUT! Damn! It won't come out
-- it will rise most of the way but the disk of the washer won't fit
through the hole in the body of the tap (which accepts the stem
assembly.

What is going on here? I checked the hot tap too, and it's identical
-- the washer's too big to remove. I looked to see if the tap was had
for some reason a top section holding the washer in and that needed to
be removed, but I can't see anything obvious.

I'm confused and don't feel "Fawcett 1 - Peter 0" is an acceptable
result -- any idea what could be going on?

--Peter

You obviously didn't make enough trips to the hardware store. Drive back and
forth between your house and the hardware store about 4 more times, coming
back with equally unhelpful items, that cost way more than what you have
already purchased, and the faucet will miraculously fix itself with tools
and materials that you already owned.

It could be that the top of the threads are crimped over slightly by the
tightening of the nut. In that case I usually try to remedy it by breaking a
critical plastic piece of the faucet so it requires a whole new faucet. I
have been successful to this point, so that must be the solution.