Need adivce on replacing washer shutoff valves

Nope, that just causes water to spray everywhere sadly.

That new valve should not be that hard to take apart, I could have a locktite on it.

Some of it needs heat to loosen, but not sure what you have.


The pros should be by to lend you a hand soon.


Good Luck, You can do it.

Well I was able to remove both of the new valve stems!

appdude said:

Well I was able to remove both of the new valve stems!

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That is good.

You are half way there.

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It looks like you have a solid faucet intended to be threaded into a 3/4" fitting.

It just so happens a 1/2" copper pipe will fit inside the threaded part and can be soldered there perfectly.

The 1/2" copper does not "just happen to fit inside the threaded part", it was manufactured that way INTENTIONALLY. But it is the way low bidders will do it so they can save the cost of a female adapter. It is ONLY threaded on the outside, otherwise the copper could NOT be soldered in to it. It LOOKS like a Nibco #75 valve, but since you do not show the label inside the handle that is only a guess, because there are imports which LOOK the same, but are not interchangeable. IF it is an import, then finding a replacement which will interchange may not be possible.

well i was able to replace them, but now it leaks around the bonnet where you thread it in...very slowly...

appdude said:

well i was able to replace them, but now it leaks around the bonnet where you thread it in...very slowly...

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And now you know why I like to replace old shutoff valves.
New valves are good for twenty plus years.

Did you use thread sealant tape, or joint compound when you reassembled it?

Opps...

However there was no sealant tape on the old one either.

quote; However there was no sealant tape on the old one either.

But, you didn't tighten the new ones as tight as they were on the valves ,either. they were a metal to metal seal, which is why they were so tight.