Nicholas440
New Member
Hello all,
I'm new here, and I wanted to replace a washer in my bathtub fixture as it was dripping slowly for some time now. I removed the knob and trim bezel, it was very hard to get the knob off because I believe it's been on for about 30 years or more. The house was built I think in 1952 , and when I took off the knob and trim, I knew I had a problem because I've never seen a faucet like this one. In the past I have changed a washer in a bathtub fixture, and I have a set of those deep socket tools to unscrew the stem, however this one is different.
This valve appears to be a cast brass large round piece that protrudes out of the wall slightly, and has a brass nut on the end that unscrews . Possibly the packing nut ? There is also a large hex nut that is part of the brass casting, I believe this is to hold onto with another wrench so you can unscrew the packing nut without twisting the entire fixture inside the wall. I took the brass nut off and I was going to insert one of the sockets and unscrew the stem, but the hole that is around the stem is only about a 5/8 diameter hole and if I look in there with a flashlight, the stem is very long, I'd say about 4 inches, and there is no nut down inside there to unscrew, so I'm at a loss on how to change this washer. , I have a few packs of assorted standard faucet washers, hopefully it uses a common flat washer like the one I did about a year ago for my brother.
I tried to count the number of splines on the end of the stem, and I may be wrong but I think I counted 16 splines. I was told that can tell you what the manufacturer of the fixture or stem is as well, since there is no name on it that I can see. I have enclosed some photos of the fixture so perhaps one of you who is familiar with these older units can tell me what make it is and how I get the washer out to fix the leak.
Thanks in advance for any help and info on this fixture.
Nick,
I'm new here, and I wanted to replace a washer in my bathtub fixture as it was dripping slowly for some time now. I removed the knob and trim bezel, it was very hard to get the knob off because I believe it's been on for about 30 years or more. The house was built I think in 1952 , and when I took off the knob and trim, I knew I had a problem because I've never seen a faucet like this one. In the past I have changed a washer in a bathtub fixture, and I have a set of those deep socket tools to unscrew the stem, however this one is different.
This valve appears to be a cast brass large round piece that protrudes out of the wall slightly, and has a brass nut on the end that unscrews . Possibly the packing nut ? There is also a large hex nut that is part of the brass casting, I believe this is to hold onto with another wrench so you can unscrew the packing nut without twisting the entire fixture inside the wall. I took the brass nut off and I was going to insert one of the sockets and unscrew the stem, but the hole that is around the stem is only about a 5/8 diameter hole and if I look in there with a flashlight, the stem is very long, I'd say about 4 inches, and there is no nut down inside there to unscrew, so I'm at a loss on how to change this washer. , I have a few packs of assorted standard faucet washers, hopefully it uses a common flat washer like the one I did about a year ago for my brother.
I tried to count the number of splines on the end of the stem, and I may be wrong but I think I counted 16 splines. I was told that can tell you what the manufacturer of the fixture or stem is as well, since there is no name on it that I can see. I have enclosed some photos of the fixture so perhaps one of you who is familiar with these older units can tell me what make it is and how I get the washer out to fix the leak.
Thanks in advance for any help and info on this fixture.
Nick,