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Posted by on June 27, 2007, 3:13 pm
> On 27 Jun, 14:12, notospam2...@yahoo.com wrote:
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> > We have an el cheapo kitchen faucet that came with the house (6 years
> > old). It's a stainless steel one piece with a handle to adjust hot/
> > cold. It also has a plastic sprayer that's very confused. Never worked
> > as it was intended for. Anyway, these days if we lift the handle, it's
> > coming off. Does it mean we have to replace the faucet or can we
> > replace any part within that will fix it? The faucet still works. We
> > have to be careful not to pull it too hard.
>
> > Since I'm a newbie I want to find out how easy/hard it is to replace a
> > kitchen faucet. We have replaced cartridges in our bath tubs before.
> > Is replacing a kitchen faucet considerably more complicated than
> > replacing a cartridge? Should the old faucet be thrown away in the
> > trash or will any freecycler have any use for it?
>
> > Sorry for naive questions.
>
> > Thanks.
>
> Not sure what you mean by "lift the handle" but if it's something like
> the faucet shown here:
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> http://www.efaucets.com/images/moen/large/7423-lg.jpg
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> then look for a set screw on the bottom of the handle, like where the
> red dot in the picture is. If the set screw is still there, try
> tightening it, perhaps with an allen wrench.
>
> If your faucet isn't anything like the one in the picture, find one on
> the net, post the link and we'll see what we can do.
OP here. Thanks for your reply. Here's a link for the faucet.
http://www.moen.com/buymoen/buyparts/Parts.cfm?sku_refno=308978
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