336flyerfan
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Hi, may I have a diagram of this shower faucet? I replaced washers and put all together but looks like not correct, water drips from shower head and handle turns in different direction. I made washers from robber from Home Depot. May be there are originals still somewhere available? I love this old shower and would like to have it yet here for a few more years. I asked a plumber to help me to put it together, he asked me to get a new repair kit, I think he asked me to buy another one somewhere. It is possible to get it yet?
The stem to this valve is double threaded...it is easy to mis align the threads which will cause it not to close all the way. First insert the sleeves and plungers into the valve body. Then place the stem on top and turn to the right until you can screw down the cover plate - the valve will be in a half open position. Make sure to use silicon grease on the stem and plungers/sleeves.
You can get the rubber washers in the Danco variety washers pack at Lowes..they are 5/8 for B201. You may also need to shim the rubber washers with a metal washer from this pack if you valve has a lot of wear on it...this may take some playing around and it is helpful to turn off either just the hot or cold side to determine which one needs to be shimmed. THe rubber washers may also take a few weeks to seat.