I have a brass Barber Wilsons swan neck kitchen mixer tap, which leaks at
the base of the swan neck. I have unscrewed the securing nut, to reveal two
semi-circles of brass, which fit into a groove around the base of the
swan-neck (the part which rotates). The semi-circles are about 170 degrees,
rather than 180 degrees, so there is a small gap between their ends on each
side. I couldn't persuade the swan-neck to separate from the base of the
tap assembly, though I didn't force it, but there did not appear to be
anything else resembling a washer.

I cleaned all the parts with some wire wool (there was quite a lot of scale
on the semi-circular brass half-rings) and reassembled, but it still leaks
when the water flows.

Any suggestions, please?
--
Bob

openSUSE 10.3, Kernel 2.6.22.5-31-default, KDE 3.5.7 r72
Intel Celeron 2.53GB, 2GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 7600GS

"Bob" wrote:
I have a brass Barber Wilsons swan neck kitchen mixer tap, which leaks at
the base of the swan neck. I have unscrewed the securing nut, to reveal
two
semi-circles of brass, which fit into a groove around the base of the
swan-neck (the part which rotates). The semi-circles are about 170
degrees,
rather than 180 degrees, so there is a small gap between their ends on
each
side. I couldn't persuade the swan-neck to separate from the base of the
tap assembly, though I didn't force it, but there did not appear to be
anything else resembling a washer.

I cleaned all the parts with some wire wool (there was quite a lot of
scale
on the semi-circular brass half-rings) and reassembled, but it still leaks
when the water flows.

Any suggestions, please?
--
Bob

openSUSE 10.3, Kernel 2.6.22.5-31-default, KDE 3.5.7 r72
Intel Celeron 2.53GB, 2GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 7600GS

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