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Disassemble Faucet Stem

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"How To Fix A Leaking Hose Bib - From A Temporary Fix To No Leaks!"

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What happens here

With the water supply off and the line drained, use two large adjustable wrenches to loosen and remove the packing gland nut that holds the faucet stem in place. One wrench should be used to hold the main faucet body steady against the wall to prevent it from twisting or damaging the pipe connections inside the wall. The other wrench is used to turn the packing gland nut counter-clockwise. The presenter advises positioning the wrenches close together to maximize leverage and ease of separation. Once the nut is sufficiently loose, continue unscrewing it by hand. After the packing nut is removed, carefully pull the entire faucet stem assembly straight out from the faucet body.

Tools and materials

  • Adjustable Wrenches (2)

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and we're gonna try to rebuild this let's grab a couple big adjustable jaw wrenches get one going for the back up We're Not Gonna unscrew the packing nut we're actually going to unscrew the back nut on this body and just take that get that on there get it nice and tightened make sure it's got like three points of contact there go ahead and see if we can get this apart a nice tip when working with wrenches like this the closer you can get them together to give it a squeeze the easier it's going to come apart they should just spin out this point pull that out of there this is not bad we should be able to just replace this washer right here and we'll be good to go we should be drip free here in just a couple minutes get this to where this

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