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Easy Replacement Of Delta Cartridge To Stop Shower Leak! #diy #helpingothers #plumbing #hacks

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This DIY project provides detailed, step-by-step instructions for replacing a faulty shower cartridge in a Delta monitor valve, which is causing a persistent drip. The process covers safely dismantling the shower handle and faceplate, ingeniously removing a potentially stuck bonnet nut, extracting the old cartridge, installing a new directional cartridge, and finally reassembling and sealing the fixture for a leak-free and fully functional shower.

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that band right there, right around the night. So my friend had to keep her shower head on the floor of her shower next to the drain so the drippin' wouldn't drive her crazy. Always put a towel down, grab a 3.30 seconds Allen wrench. Just get that taken out, grab a screwdriver, score around the outside of this, pry it. There actually are two stops right there. Show that off, and that's off too. Turn this full on. We've got nothing coming out. So sometimes these bought it nuts on these Delta monitor valves are really hard to get off. What we're doing here is just taking a firm coat. We're gonna stick that band right there, right around the night. And grab a piece of 2 inch ABS pipe, get that tightened up. Just twist counterclockwise. And that came out like butter. Pull out the old Knipex Cobra's. And there we go. Blow any debris out. This valve is directional. It's got to each on the hot side. It's got these two little notches that match up with these two little notches right here. Get that popped on there. Screw the bonnet nut on. Don't go crazy with this. Now you wanna open the valves. You wanna just the anti-scaled feature and test it. Make sure you've got water running. The plate on, screw it down in place. Grab some coke. I like DAP quick seal for this. Make it look pretty and you're good to go.

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