Hi there. First post, led here by google searches. I'm trying to fix my mom's leaking shower. It's a pretty bad, constant drip.
My first plan was to change the o-rings, but I didn't have the right sizes. The inner one was scrunched up between the two pieces of the cartridge. I re-seated the rings and reassembled everything, but the leak is still just as bad. Maybe slightly better.
I contacted American Standard and they were able to identify the cartridge. Given that I don't think it's been changed since my mom moved in almost 25 years ago, I though it might be best to replace the cartridge rather than mess around trying to find the right o-rings, reassembling again, and it still not working.
So my question is, am I on the right track? (I have almost no plumbing experience beyond replacing toilet tank parts). This is what the American Standard guy wrote:
"I have received your pictures and have identified your shower unit as the Prestige 1805 model as shown in the attached file. The transfer valve rebuild kit is part 066285-0070A and the valve rebuild kit is part 066287-0070A as shown in the links provided."
Here's the file he sent:
So the transfer valve rebuild kit (part 066285-0070A) is for the shower knob (the middle one, to switch between bath faucet and shower), and the valve rebuild kit (part 066287-0070A) is for the hot water. I'm not sure if he's suggesting that both need to be replaced to stop the leak? I was under the impression that it was just the shower cartridge that should be replaced.
Thanks for any help.... and here are pics of the shower and old cartridge.
My first plan was to change the o-rings, but I didn't have the right sizes. The inner one was scrunched up between the two pieces of the cartridge. I re-seated the rings and reassembled everything, but the leak is still just as bad. Maybe slightly better.
I contacted American Standard and they were able to identify the cartridge. Given that I don't think it's been changed since my mom moved in almost 25 years ago, I though it might be best to replace the cartridge rather than mess around trying to find the right o-rings, reassembling again, and it still not working.
So my question is, am I on the right track? (I have almost no plumbing experience beyond replacing toilet tank parts). This is what the American Standard guy wrote:
"I have received your pictures and have identified your shower unit as the Prestige 1805 model as shown in the attached file. The transfer valve rebuild kit is part 066285-0070A and the valve rebuild kit is part 066287-0070A as shown in the links provided."
Here's the file he sent:
So the transfer valve rebuild kit (part 066285-0070A) is for the shower knob (the middle one, to switch between bath faucet and shower), and the valve rebuild kit (part 066287-0070A) is for the hot water. I'm not sure if he's suggesting that both need to be replaced to stop the leak? I was under the impression that it was just the shower cartridge that should be replaced.
Thanks for any help.... and here are pics of the shower and old cartridge.
