I'm hoping that someone can explain how to remove the sleeves and escutcheon from a shower faucet, to enable me to remove the valve stem. The shower was installed about 1970, and I don't know what make it is.
I've removed the valve knobs, and the stem protrudes from a sleeve about 3 inches long. Looking inside the sleeve, I see two bolts, the first (probably packing nut) smaller diameter , and the second one, with a larger diameter, at the valve. I have a set of deep plumbers shower sockets for reaching these bolts, but they won't reach deep enough inside of the sleeve to allow me to reach the bolts. The narrower end of the socket can fit inside the sleeve, but the wider back end is too wide to fit. I've tried applying a wrench to the sleeves to try to loosen them, but they won't budge. It's almost as if the sleeves are anchored to the valves themselves by the rear bolt. Any clues as to what I should do?
I drew a simple line-drawing picture, but its too big (576 kb) to attach. Hope the above describes it well enough to understand the problem.
Richard
I've removed the valve knobs, and the stem protrudes from a sleeve about 3 inches long. Looking inside the sleeve, I see two bolts, the first (probably packing nut) smaller diameter , and the second one, with a larger diameter, at the valve. I have a set of deep plumbers shower sockets for reaching these bolts, but they won't reach deep enough inside of the sleeve to allow me to reach the bolts. The narrower end of the socket can fit inside the sleeve, but the wider back end is too wide to fit. I've tried applying a wrench to the sleeves to try to loosen them, but they won't budge. It's almost as if the sleeves are anchored to the valves themselves by the rear bolt. Any clues as to what I should do?
I drew a simple line-drawing picture, but its too big (576 kb) to attach. Hope the above describes it well enough to understand the problem.
Richard
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