Moen cartridge and parts ID
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The hose assembly you’ll have to order. Moen might send it all to you.
The cartridges are held into the valve body by an internal plastic cartridge nut. Moen makes a special tool to remove the cartridge nuts. They’re recessed deep in the valve body. You’ll have to remove the red/blue handle adapters first.
Then reach in with needle nose pliers and yank the cartridge out.
You can use a 3” deck screw to screw into the old cartridge then yank it out with pliers. That’s another way.
I’ll post a link to the cartridges and the tool.
The cartridges are held into the valve body by an internal plastic cartridge nut. Moen makes a special tool to remove the cartridge nuts. They’re recessed deep in the valve body. You’ll have to remove the red/blue handle adapters first.
Then reach in with needle nose pliers and yank the cartridge out.
You can use a 3” deck screw to screw into the old cartridge then yank it out with pliers. That’s another way.
I’ll post a link to the cartridges and the tool.
If you are the original purchaser, or purchased a new home with Moen fixtures, Moen should send you parts free. Probably not the tool however.
Right, of course. It's for one of my clients, 2nd owner of the home, and it's 15 years old +/-.
Thanks for that! I've ordered the costly ($5) tool.
Those replacement cartridges don't exactly look like what's there. What's there seems to be a splined plastic part that doesn't stick up beyond the brass "rough in" valve. The 1224 cartridge seems to have a "keyed" plastic protrusion that sticks up way past the rough in. What am I missing or not understanding? I've attached as reference a photo of a 1224 in place from the Amazon website, doesn't look anything like the photo I posted of the old setup.
As this is an older setup (somewhere between 10-15 years) Moen's warranty is not in force. I did find the following however, to replace the broken part(s) underneath: https://a.co/d/iAAxz5e That's the Moen branded part. There are a few no-name parts at ⅓ the price but ALL of them indicate "frequently returned item" on Amazon. (maybe with this hose assembly compromised and a leaky cartridge, people just opt to replace the entire faucet...who knows...)
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The red piece is the handle adapter. It’s held onto the stem with a screw.
Remove the screw in the middle of the red/blue handle adapters and they will slip up and off.
Then you will see the stem and the internal cartridge nut below.
Remove the screw in the middle of the red/blue handle adapters and they will slip up and off.
Then you will see the stem and the internal cartridge nut below.
Got it thanks. All parts ordered. Giving it a go next Friday.
