WV Hillbilly
New Member
My kitchen faucet has a spout that swivels . There are two rubber o-rings that seals the spout . The faucet spout was leaking where it swivels so I took it apart & cleaned the o-rings , the grooves they fit in , & the inside of the spout . The o-rings fit tight in their grooves . I didn't use any type of cleaning product , just wiped everything clean with paper towels . I put everything back together & lubricated with Harvey's brand plumbers faucet & valve grease . The next day I noticed that the spout was hard to swivel back & forth . Today I took the spout back off & found the o-rings no longer fit tight in the grooves & actually drooped over the sides of the grooves . I plan to purchase new o-rings tomorrow & am at a loss as to what caused the o-rings to do this unless it was the grease . Has anyone else ever had a probem like this ? I'm afraid to use the grease on the new o-rings .