Have a leaking "old style" Delta shower valve. Tried to get the nut that
holds the ball down off. It's not wanting to let go. Any hints on how to go
about this without ruining the valve?

The last time I tried this was on a single lever sink. It beat me, had to
swap out the whole assembly. This one would be a lot harder to replace

Al

Big Al wrote:

Have a leaking "old style" Delta shower valve. Tried to get the nut that
holds the ball down off. It's not wanting to let go. Any hints on how to go
about this without ruining the valve?

The last time I tried this was on a single lever sink. It beat me, had to
swap out the whole assembly. This one would be a lot harder to replace

Al



Heat! Lots of it. A propane torch with
a small flame will do it.

You will be replacing all the rubber seals
and, maybe, the ball so there is nothing
in the valve body which can get damaged.

Jim

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Big Al wrote:

Have a leaking "old style" Delta shower valve. Tried to get the nut that
holds the ball down off. It's not wanting to let go. Any hints on how to
go
about this without ruining the valve?

The last time I tried this was on a single lever sink. It beat me, had
to
swap out the whole assembly. This one would be a lot harder to replace

Al



Heat! Lots of it. A propane torch with
a small flame will do it.

You will be replacing all the rubber seals
and, maybe, the ball so there is nothing
in the valve body which can get damaged.

Jim

Jim,

There is a plastic ring in the part that unscrews. Heat is going to make a
mess.

Al

Big Al wrote:
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t...

Big Al wrote:


Have a leaking "old style" Delta shower valve. Tried to get the nut that
holds the ball down off. It's not wanting to let go. Any hints on how to

go

about this without ruining the valve?

The last time I tried this was on a single lever sink. It beat me, had

to

swap out the whole assembly. This one would be a lot harder to replace

Al



Heat! Lots of it. A propane torch with
a small flame will do it.

You will be replacing all the rubber seals
and, maybe, the ball so there is nothing
in the valve body which can get damaged.

Jim


Jim,

There is a plastic ring in the part that unscrews. Heat is going to make a
mess.

Al



Yes, that's a seal for the ball. I believe it's a repair part.
Jim

"Speedy Jim" wrote in message
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Big Al wrote:
"Speedy Jim" wrote in message
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Big Al wrote:


Have a leaking "old style" Delta shower valve. Tried to get the nut
that
holds the ball down off. It's not wanting to let go. Any hints on how
to

go

about this without ruining the valve?

The last time I tried this was on a single lever sink. It beat me, had

to

swap out the whole assembly. This one would be a lot harder to
replace

Al



Heat! Lots of it. A propane torch with
a small flame will do it.

You will be replacing all the rubber seals
and, maybe, the ball so there is nothing
in the valve body which can get damaged.

Jim


Jim,

There is a plastic ring in the part that unscrews. Heat is going to make
a
mess.

Al



Yes, that's a seal for the ball. I believe it's a repair part.
Jim

I'm going to try a hammer and chisel. Just going to gently tap around the
edge and see if it lets go.

Al

"NickySantoro" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:30:02 -0700, "Big Al" wrote:

Have a leaking "old style" Delta shower valve. Tried to get the nut that
holds the ball down off. It's not wanting to let go. Any hints on how to
go
about this without ruining the valve?

The last time I tried this was on a single lever sink. It beat me, had to
swap out the whole assembly. This one would be a lot harder to replace

Al

There's a tool for that which looks a bit like a small spanner wrench.
It comes with the repair kit usually. That one gets a good bite on the
slots. A shot or two of PB Blaster with a little time to let it soak
might coax it along a bit.

Was trying to get the bonnet nut off, the cam was loose. Here is what I
tried. Used a heavy hammer to buck and a small hammer to tap all around the
edge. No luck. Then I used a large channel lock to squeeze all around it. No
luck. Got the small chisel and started tapping at a hard angle around the
edge. Came right off. It's all back together and seems to be fine. Whew!

Al