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| I've been having trouble turning the hot water completely off in my tub for some time now, and night before last I resorted to using a pair of channellocks to turn it. Now, I can't turn it back on---the control knob just spins.
The knob is held on my a center screw, which I've removed. This allows me to take off the knob itself, but there's still a decorative sleeve covering the spindle, and I can figure out how to remove it. I figure once I get down to the actual spindle I'll know what to do, but now---??? Since the sleeve just spins but won't pull off the spindle, should I try to pry it loose? Perhaps with a pair of screwdrivers, or a pickle fork? HELP!!! |
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- Posted by peteinsonj (My Page) on Thu, Sep 9, 10 at 17:41
| brand? model? you can probably go to the manufacturers web site and look up the model and find a parts diagram. that will help disassemble the thing and get the replacement parts. |
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- Posted by weedmeister (My Page) on Fri, Sep 10, 10 at 2:45
| The sleeves usually spin off. But it is possible that it got tightened too much and went past the end of the threads. If you pull slightly while turning counterclock-wise you might get the thing rethreaded. |
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