Moen Kitchen Faucet

Posted by Ken on July 25, 2005, 5:37 am

We have a single handle Moen kitchen faucet with a sprayer hose on the
side of the faucet. Since we bought the house used, I have no
paperwork about the faucet giving model etc.

The diverter valve inside the faucet seems to be sticky and does not
work properly when the sprayer hose is turned on unless we turn the
sprayer on and off several times quickly.

Are there any servicable parts inside the faucet or would just taking
it apart and cleaning help?

I am a novice at such things and don't want to take it apart if it
won't solve the problem.

Posted by Speedy Jim on July 25, 2005, 8:56 am

Ken wrote:

> We have a single handle Moen kitchen faucet with a sprayer hose on the
> side of the faucet. Since we bought the house used, I have no
> paperwork about the faucet giving model etc.
>
> The diverter valve inside the faucet seems to be sticky and does not
> work properly when the sprayer hose is turned on unless we turn the
> sprayer on and off several times quickly.
>
> Are there any servicable parts inside the faucet or would just taking
> it apart and cleaning help?
>
> I am a novice at such things and don't want to take it apart if it
> won't solve the problem.
>

You'll probably have to replace the diverter valve.
Moen used a couple of different valves, so you could wind up
taking the thing apart and then have to take the old one
to parts house.

See if you can identify the model from:
http://www.moen.com/index.cfm

Jim

Posted by Doug Kanter on July 25, 2005, 1:58 pm

> We have a single handle Moen kitchen faucet with a sprayer hose on the
> side of the faucet. Since we bought the house used, I have no
> paperwork about the faucet giving model etc.
> The diverter valve inside the faucet seems to be sticky and does not
> work properly when the sprayer hose is turned on unless we turn the
> sprayer on and off several times quickly.
> Are there any servicable parts inside the faucet or would just taking
> it apart and cleaning help?
> I am a novice at such things and don't want to take it apart if it
> won't solve the problem.

Do what Jim said, and then call the company. They have an odd habit, at
least based on my experience: They're helpful on the phone and they like to
send free parts to customers. Really obnoxious.

Posted by Pop on July 25, 2005, 11:39 am

>> We have a single handle Moen kitchen faucet with a
>> sprayer hose on the
>> side of the faucet. Since we bought the house used,
>> I have no
>> paperwork about the faucet giving model etc.
>> The diverter valve inside the faucet seems to be
>> sticky and does not
>> work properly when the sprayer hose is turned on
>> unless we turn the
>> sprayer on and off several times quickly.
>> Are there any servicable parts inside the faucet or
>> would just taking
>> it apart and cleaning help?
>> I am a novice at such things and don't want to take
>> it apart if it
>> won't solve the problem.

> Do what Jim said, and then call the company. They
> have an odd habit, at least based on my experience:
> They're helpful on the phone and they like to send
> free parts to customers. Really obnoxious.

LOL, wish my faucet had been Moen! In trying to get
the cover off to get at the ball valve, I broke the
foolish thing loose from its base! And the Li'l Lady
of course, picked out a much more expensive
replacement - one of those where you can grab the spout
and pull it out and use it as a sprayer! Nice, but
expensive!

Lesson learned,

Pop

Posted by Bob on July 25, 2005, 6:32 pm

> > We have a single handle Moen kitchen faucet with a sprayer hose on the
> > side of the faucet. Since we bought the house used, I have no
> > paperwork about the faucet giving model etc.
> > The diverter valve inside the faucet seems to be sticky and does not
> > work properly when the sprayer hose is turned on unless we turn the
> > sprayer on and off several times quickly.
> > Are there any servicable parts inside the faucet or would just taking
> > it apart and cleaning help?
> > I am a novice at such things and don't want to take it apart if it
> > won't solve the problem.

> Do what Jim said, and then call the company. They have an odd habit, at
> least based on my experience: They're helpful on the phone and they like

> send free parts to customers. Really obnoxious.

Could that have anything to do with a "lifetime warrantee"? They seem to
advertise such these days.

Bob

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