Please help. Not been able to wash my crack for a while now.

[Skyfaria_163]

Hello everyone. I need help finding a push-pull knob for a much older shower I have. The problem is that the stem is inside a sleeve and all the new knobs at the store are a thick plastic piece that does not slip inside the old stem with the sleeve over it. The original peice that I took out was metal and all the new ones are plastic. I have pictures.

 

[frodo]

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=moen%20shower%20handle%20adapter%20kit
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[Mr_David]

Frodo Is on it. It is a MOEN You can take a pair of needle nose plies and grab the notch on silver tube and pull it will come right out with out having to take off the cover plate. You may just need handle extension kit or the extension is on the handle you pulled out. Do you have a picture of the handle?

 

[Skyfaria_163]

Are you talking about pulling this silver thing off. And I can get a pic of the handle tmro.

 

[Mr_David]

WOW!! Maybe Not a Moen tube looks just like a Moen.
Do you know what brand of fixture? maybe take off screw and a picture of valve.

That could be an extenstion on a Moen,

 

[frodo]

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[frodo]

pull the face plate off. stop being such a tease, undress that thing. lets get a look!!

 

[Skyfaria_163]

So this is the price that slips in over the stem and inbetween the sleeve/pipe.

 

[Skyfaria_163]

More pics.... What the heck will it take to find a new piece

 

[Skyfaria_163]

This is the part I need that slips into the stem. All the new plastic ones are to thick

 

[frodo]

was bugging me

 

[frodo]

that looks an old moen with a deep rough extension.

see the cartridge keeper in the picture, on top of the valve body.?

pull the cartridge, if it wont come, buy a moen cartridge puller.

take everything you have to a plumbing supply store. NOT a hardware store

when you get there, look for a sign that says "counter sales" bust up in there. say hello to the plumbers drinking coffee, put the bag on the counter and tell the guy you want this replaced


OH WAIT WAIT WAIT>>>>>TURN THE WATER OFF FIRST. open a faucet to drain pressure

 

[Skyfaria_163]

Uv never messed with this before and I just want to be 100% sure.... Plies it not my house.

Are you referring to the metal sleeve over the stem as the cartridge? When I pull the cartridge out will the stem stay put?

 

[Mr_David]

Moen Valve looks like this and cartridge in it. But the extension looks odd.

That is an old style moen handle for sure. That tube preventing you from using new handle should just pull off.

and if you look you can find all sorts of videos on YouTube on how to remove.
I would bet you have a Brass cartridge like the one I showed. Those often require a puller to get them out.

 

[frodo]

I got a hold of one ...that was stubborn, i pulled so hard, when it let go i busted my ass. LOL

 

[phishfood]

And sometimes they won't come out, and the center comes out, and the old brass cartridge is so stuck that you can't get them out. I had one a couple of months ago that I had changed out. Just for kicks I used a torch, penetrating oil, and just about every thing else I could think of to get the cartridge out, and never could. Keep in mind, this was a valve that I had out in the open, and could do anything to it I wanted.