Moen kitchen faucet removal: what next?

[banderson510]

I'm trying to take it apart to replace/clean o-rings. I've run into something that doesn't look like anything in the DIY videos I'm watching and I don't know how to proceed... there is a... plastic-crown-looking thing.

Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[phishfood]

You are already as far as you need to go. Replace the cartridge in the bottom picture, right hand side. That will solve most problems you might have.

 

[Matt30]

The plastic dome will either thread or pop off, remove the sprayer hose and pull up on the body to expose the o-rings.

 

[djmayhill]

That's not a moen facet that's why

 

[Matt30]

It is indeed Moen. That's a 1255 cartridge.

 

[journeyman]

I don't think it is a 1225 cartridge. It is moen but newer style cartridge

 

[journeyman]

Sorry miss read your post it is a 1255

 

[djmayhill]

It is indeed Moen. That's a 1255 cartridge.

Thanks never seen one must be a newer design

 

[Matt30]

Fairly new, not overly common yet. Most new ones I have been installing still come with 1225s. The 1255 is mostly in the faucets with the lever on the side, but it's in a few top handles as well.

 

[banderson510]

The black plastic "teeth" are independent of both the chrome and the black inside-threaded tube. I'm trying to fully disassemble so I can clean/lube the o-rings because the faucet has gotten hard to swivel around. Still confused about how to pull apart the remaining items without damaging. I can't find anything that looks like the "teeth" online.