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Shower works but bath doesn't. Sterling fixture, 1973
Hello again.
I would just plunge in and do this if it were at my house, but it's an ex-girlfriend and I don't want to make more than one trip, if possible. Certainly no more than two. Any help is appreciated. She has a bathtub with Sterling faucets, and when the valve is set for the tub spigot, barely any water comes out, hot or cold. When turned towards the shower, the shower works fine, hot and cold. It seems very unlikely that the tub spigot is clogged, right?, so that leaves the diverter valve. Especially since the valve is a little harder to turn than mine for the first 30 degrees and then very hard to turn for the next 15 degrees. At that point it's even harder yet and I'm afraid I'll make things worse if I force it. (My own nameless diverter valve turns about 190 degrees before stopping. This one only 45 degrees.) Can I take this apart from the bathtub side???? I'm thinking it needs some plumbers grease and it feels like it needs some crumbling parts removed. Is there really something that can crumble? Should I bring my box of 0-rings? I've looked but haven'f found an exploded view of a Sterling valve, or any valve. If I have to unsolder the valve and put in another one, I can do it, but it's probably more than I'm willing to do It's the original plumbing from about 1973. Chrome, with fluted ball- shapped handles, if that matters. (I figure most valves are pretty much alike.) Thanks |
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