Hi all,
yesterday I had my hot water heater replaced. After, all faucets worked but the kitchen two handle pull out. I took the faucet apart and blew air through all the open fittings, the 1/4" push on compression fitting connecting the pull out hose to the hot /cold junction was clogged. Soaking in hot vinegar solution did not fix it. The clogged brass part is marked with a star on the parts schematic.
price-pfister-t536-ebc-double-handle-pullout-spray-kitchen-faucet-with-soap-dispenser-from-the-catalina-series
Unable to clear it, I simply pushed the screen, springs and plastic bushings, (and a bunch of white flaky cr*p,) out of the barrel an reinstalled it. Everything works fine now.
So, a few questions:
1. Will disabling this part invite trouble later?
2. What is it for? The pressure of water hasn't changed noticeably.
3. Why would Price Pfister include this bottleneck of tiny parts that is seemingly destined to get clogged and not offer an individual replacement? From my quick look, you have to buy the entire $100 replacement assembly to fix it.
Thanks for help with this,
gary
yesterday I had my hot water heater replaced. After, all faucets worked but the kitchen two handle pull out. I took the faucet apart and blew air through all the open fittings, the 1/4" push on compression fitting connecting the pull out hose to the hot /cold junction was clogged. Soaking in hot vinegar solution did not fix it. The clogged brass part is marked with a star on the parts schematic.
price-pfister-t536-ebc-double-handle-pullout-spray-kitchen-faucet-with-soap-dispenser-from-the-catalina-series
Unable to clear it, I simply pushed the screen, springs and plastic bushings, (and a bunch of white flaky cr*p,) out of the barrel an reinstalled it. Everything works fine now.
So, a few questions:
1. Will disabling this part invite trouble later?
2. What is it for? The pressure of water hasn't changed noticeably.
3. Why would Price Pfister include this bottleneck of tiny parts that is seemingly destined to get clogged and not offer an individual replacement? From my quick look, you have to buy the entire $100 replacement assembly to fix it.
Thanks for help with this,
gary