We have an IKEA tap, Oxskar:
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/759...-4.html#manual.

It drips.

I've taken the thing apart, but couldn't even get into the most intimate
parts of it, so I've not been able to repair it.

Surely it must be possible to replace the disc or whatever has worn out!

Daniele

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We have an IKEA tap, Oxskar:
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/759...-4.html#manual.

It drips.

I've taken the thing apart, but couldn't even get into the most intimate
parts of it, so I've not been able to repair it.

Surely it must be possible to replace the disc or whatever has worn out!

Daniele

These sort of taps have a non-dismantleable cartridge that contains the
ceramic disks.
You need a new cartridge.

maybe its just limescale though, seems a bit odd that one cannot even get in
to clean it.
Brian

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We have an IKEA tap, Oxskar:
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/759...-4.html#manual.

It drips.

I've taken the thing apart, but couldn't even get into the most intimate
parts of it, so I've not been able to repair it.

Surely it must be possible to replace the disc or whatever has worn out!

Daniele

These sort of taps have a non-dismantleable cartridge that contains the
ceramic disks.
You need a new cartridge.

harryagain wrote:

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We have an IKEA tap, Oxskar:
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/759...-4.html#manual.

It drips.

I've taken the thing apart, but couldn't even get into the most intimate
parts of it, so I've not been able to repair it.

Surely it must be possible to replace the disc or whatever has worn out!

These sort of taps have a non-dismantleable cartridge that contains the
ceramic disks.
You need a new cartridge.

I suspected as much - though my dismantling could only get as far as big
lump of metal weighing about 700g, that I could see no way of getting
into!

Daniele

On 25/05/2014 17:42, Brian Gaff wrote:
maybe its just limescale though, seems a bit odd that one cannot
even get in to clean it.

For a dripping bathroom tap, fed from the cold water tank, opening
and closing the tap fully a few times seems to clean the disc
enough to stop it dripping for a few months.

For a dripping kitchen sink tap, on mains pressure, I was able to
dismantle the cartridge and pack out the disc with plastic sheet
cut from a shopping bag [1]. (This provides a bit more pressure on
the sealing surfaces.)

Attempts to buy a new cartridge from the fancy plumbing showroom at
my local builders' merchants were thwarted by claims of "We don't
stock 'em, they never leak".

Again, this only kept it going for a few months before needing to
be repeated. Eventually the sink suffered an unrelated crack (not
me, guv!) and we bought a tap with traditional washers to go with
the new sink.

[1] An earlier tip from this group. Thank you.

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We have an IKEA tap, Oxskar:
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/759...266584-4.html#
manual.

It drips.

I've taken the thing apart, but couldn't even get into the most
intimate parts of it, so I've not been able to repair it.

Surely it must be possible to replace the disc or whatever has worn
out!

These sort of taps have a non-dismantleable cartridge that contains
the ceramic disks.
You need a new cartridge.

I suspected as much - though my dismantling could only get as far as
big lump of metal weighing about 700g, that I could see no way of
getting into!

Daniele


http://www.shop.lunns.net/ceramic-disc-valves-42-c.asp

DerbyBorn wrote:

These sort of taps have a non-dismantleable cartridge that contains
the ceramic disks.
You need a new cartridge.

I suspected as much - though my dismantling could only get as far as
big lump of metal weighing about 700g, that I could see no way of
getting into!

http://www.shop.lunns.net/ceramic-disc-valves-42-c.asp

Thanks, but: if only...

Here's a picture of the tap:
http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/we.../1000x1000.jpg

The part I'm unable to dismantle is a great lump of metal nearly the
same diameter and length as the main body of the device shown in the
picture.

I'm not sure what's inside it, but it's a mixer tap controlled by a
single joystick that moves in two dimensions. Perhaps it's some weirdo
custom design that I won't find a spare part for, or perhaps inside
there's a standard part. But I can't get inside.

Daniele

D.M. Procida wrote:
We have an IKEA tap, Oxskar:
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/759...-4.html#manual.

It drips.

I've taken the thing apart, but couldn't even get into the most intimate
parts of it, so I've not been able to repair it.

Surely it must be possible to replace the disc or whatever has worn out!

Daniele

The ceramic rarely wears out but the seal relies on pressure from an
oring or some such thing, sometimes replacing the o ring (sometimes
funny shaped) will do the trick.
Most of the units are dismantable sometimes this is done to reverse the
handle direction on some units

On 26/05/2014 00:10, D.M. Procida wrote:
DerbyBorn wrote:

These sort of taps have a non-dismantleable cartridge that contains
the ceramic disks.
You need a new cartridge.

I suspected as much - though my dismantling could only get as far as
big lump of metal weighing about 700g, that I could see no way of
getting into!

http://www.shop.lunns.net/ceramic-disc-valves-42-c.asp

Thanks, but: if only...

Here's a picture of the tap:
http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/we.../1000x1000.jpg

The part I'm unable to dismantle is a great lump of metal nearly the
same diameter and length as the main body of the device shown in the
picture.

I'm not sure what's inside it, but it's a mixer tap controlled by a
single joystick that moves in two dimensions. Perhaps it's some weirdo
custom design that I won't find a spare part for, or perhaps inside
there's a standard part. But I can't get inside.

Daniele


I'd guess (having had to do something similar with tap from Lidl) that
the guggins are held in by a quite small screw, more to locate than
support. Then, the main part should drop out - mine was a very tight
tolerance and took some persuading.

Hasten to add and again and as usual, leaked once I'd fixed it ;-)

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replying to F Murtz, JonL wrote:
I have the same tap and it leaks too; here is the cartridge, which costs about
£45 in the UK.
It has Artikel Nr 96339000 embossed on it.
To get to it undo a very small allen grub key on the side of the body, then
unscrew the big nut, then pull apart.
http://www.homeownershub.com/img/7r