How To Get Shower Handle Off
Concise instructions for fixing a bathtub leak due to a bad delta monitor 1300 1400 shower cartridge rp19084 or rp46074.
How to get shower handle off. Put a little distilled white vinegar from your cupboard into a spray bottle and spray it under the handle. Use of hacksaw or drill to forcibl. The handle should be easy to pry off at this point.
If you don t see the screw holding the handle to the faucet stem it s probably hiding behind a cap. Apply the vinegar liberally. Using a phillips screwdriver unthread the screw and remove the handle and adaptor from the valve stem.
The cap usually displays the manufacturer s logo or a red or blue hot cold emblem. Get a hammer and tap on it lightly to get it loosened up. Trim with plug buttons using a flat blade screwdriver gently pry the plug button from the front of the valve trim.
Vinegar can do that. Just get a good grip on it and pull it as hard as you can off the valve stem. If you can t get the sprayer behind the handle attach a piece of 1 4 inch rubber tubing to the sprayer nozzle and point that in the gap between the handle and the valve stem.