weaverinva
New Member
Hi all,
I have a 21 year old delta sindle handle and a side sprayer. Underneath the faucet, the 2 screws which hold the faucet and the nut and washer are significantly rusted. So much so that the metal washers have disintegrated and now the faucet is very loose. I could probaly lift it out if I disconnected it below.
To make matters worse, a replacement may be a bit more involved. The copper supply lines go down into a compression couplers which couples to grey polybutalene plastic pipe.
From my understanding of the new ones, these bolts are a carriage bolt in the top.
The nuts do not move and are 'frozen' with rust. I am trying to use PB blaster (wd40 like) to loosen them and then use new washers.
The faucet works great but its simply loose and moves .5 to 1 inch front and back. The threads don't even look to bad; if I could fix it somehow...
Any ideas or options are appreciated.
Thank you in advance. Mike in Shenandoah Valley VA
I have a 21 year old delta sindle handle and a side sprayer. Underneath the faucet, the 2 screws which hold the faucet and the nut and washer are significantly rusted. So much so that the metal washers have disintegrated and now the faucet is very loose. I could probaly lift it out if I disconnected it below.
To make matters worse, a replacement may be a bit more involved. The copper supply lines go down into a compression couplers which couples to grey polybutalene plastic pipe.
From my understanding of the new ones, these bolts are a carriage bolt in the top.
The nuts do not move and are 'frozen' with rust. I am trying to use PB blaster (wd40 like) to loosen them and then use new washers.
The faucet works great but its simply loose and moves .5 to 1 inch front and back. The threads don't even look to bad; if I could fix it somehow...
Any ideas or options are appreciated.
Thank you in advance. Mike in Shenandoah Valley VA