Stuck handle and cap kitchen sink

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Hello everyone. I have a dripping kitchen sink faucet. I bought everything to repair it but I can't get the darn handle or the cap off. I'm not a plumber but am very comfortable doing DIY stuff (just replaced the wax seal in my toilet). Anyway, the set screw in the handle is on the rear facing the window. The set screw was easy, and I actually took it all the way out but still couldn't get the handle off. So I tried to loosen the cap by turning it counter-clockwise with chan locks (and in the process scratched the heck out of it), but it won't budge!! I'm afraid if I use much more force I'm gonna damage it if I haven't already. I'm not worried about the scratches. I can't really tell what brand faucet this is either. I think it's an American Standard.......not sure. Oh yeah......and there are no indentations on the cap for an adjustable wrench, but only grooves for something like pliers or chan locks to bite.

Any Ideas on how to get the handle and cap off?

Thanks

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Instead of pulling the handle try to twist the handle to break up any build-up that may be under handle then try pulling up on handle. After removing handle tap around the dome cap with the handle of your channel locks (tap around grooves) to break up any build-up under dome cap. Sometimes less pressure on the pliers is good when removing dome caps.
 
That appears to be an old Delta or Delta knock off. If you have removed the set screw the handle should pull straight off if it won't it's probably just seized with some corrosion. The cap threads on, as mentioned tap on it to break the corrosion loose.
 
Hey fellas,

I got it!! Thanks so much for the help. I twisted and pulled on the handle as suggested, and I got it off. I tried a couple of times on the cap, and after a few moderate taps it loosened up. Man!!......you should have seen the crud in that thing. It looked like someone removed the cap and threw a handful of dirt in it. Anyway........when I took the two little rubber seals and springs out, the springs had tiny plastic washers on the bottom of them. The new ones didn't. I took them out and tried putting them in the new springs, but they wouldn't fit. So, I used the old springs with the new seals. Is that okay to do? The new kit I bought was a standard set ( that's what the Ace Hardware guy said) and had two different sized pairs of seals in it: There were two long seals and two short. The short ones are what fit correctly. There was also two short springs and two longer ones. Well, I just wanted to say thinks again for the help. I guess I'll know pretty quickly if I didn't get it fixed right, but for right now, its all back together and my faucet no longer drips. Thank you guys so much. Charles
 
Using the old springs is fine, since many of the repair kits are used for different faucets. Thanks for your conclusion to the thread.
 
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