I have a bit of an odd situation. I have a Gerber 3-valve shower body. I needed to replace the diverter stem valve, so I picked up a Danco replacement. I pulled out the original, put in the Danco, and discovered that the valve would not turn all the way. Normally, the valve makes several revolutions to go between faucet and showerhead, but now it was only turning a quarter to a half revolution or so.
So, I pulled out the Danco, obtained a replacement OEM (Gerber) diverter valve, put it in - same deal. Only makes a half turn or so. Puzzled, I put back the original valve (after replacing the stem washer), and now the *original* valve is also only capable of turning a half revolution or so!
The seat seems fine, there doesn't appear to be any debris in the pipe that I can see or feel. I ended up leaving in the new replacement Gerber valve, and the water does seem to be fully diverting between faucet and showerhead, in that nothing is coming out of the faucet when it's opened all the way. But I'm at a loss as to why it's only capable of turning a half revolution when it used to turn about 2 full revolutions. And why even the original valve is behaving that way!
Does anyone know what's going on, and how I can get back the original behavior?
So, I pulled out the Danco, obtained a replacement OEM (Gerber) diverter valve, put it in - same deal. Only makes a half turn or so. Puzzled, I put back the original valve (after replacing the stem washer), and now the *original* valve is also only capable of turning a half revolution or so!
The seat seems fine, there doesn't appear to be any debris in the pipe that I can see or feel. I ended up leaving in the new replacement Gerber valve, and the water does seem to be fully diverting between faucet and showerhead, in that nothing is coming out of the faucet when it's opened all the way. But I'm at a loss as to why it's only capable of turning a half revolution when it used to turn about 2 full revolutions. And why even the original valve is behaving that way!
Does anyone know what's going on, and how I can get back the original behavior?