Trying to open a faucet without screws

[Pazu]

I'm a beginner having some issues with leaky faucets that I'm trying to open to tighten and see if anything needs replacing.
I popped the caps off, but instead of the screws I expected there seems to be some sort of plastic thing holding the faucets in place (album here).

the plastic is quite fragile, one piece was already broken and another broke as i touched and there are holes that appear to be for screws, but I'm not sure how to get the faucets off, or what type of screw i'd need.

Can anyone offer any advice please?

Thanks,
Pazu

 

[johnjh2o]

The screws are missing and the plastic looks like spline adapters. You can remove the handles with a handle puller. But I'm afraid the spline adapters are going to break and replacements will be very hard to find, if not impossible.

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John

 

[Pazu]

Thank you very much, i'll look into that.

Do you happen to know if I could replace the spline adapters with screws?

Pazu