Kitchen sink

[no_hypocrisy]

Problem: Weak stream from the faucet. Sprayer works just fine with enough pressure.

I want to remove the part with the screen to check for calcium deposits but I can't get it to budge. Used masking tape both on the metal and on the wrench.

I'm seeking advice on how to get the f***er off. I'd settle for how to get it to move 1/4 inch.

[Warpy]

1. The stem valve is shot

First, make sure they sell the innards for that particular faucet.

I got mine apart 3 years ago only to discover that they didn't. I bought the Moen I should have bought in the first place.

If they don't have the parts, then you're going to have to replace the whole faucet, all for a $5.00 piece of plastic inside it. If they don't sell the part, save yourself the aggravation of breaking the damned thing down.

FWIW, the faucet I replaced was a store brand and a bitch and a half to tear down.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Thank you.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. New observation

I think I have to replace the entire unit. It's frozen with dried deposits, possibly lime. Can't move the spout.

[Paper Roses]

4. Check the guarantee if you still have it. Maybe you'll have to replace it.

I had a Peerless faucet corrode and the chrome peeled. Lifetime guarantee. Yea!!
I went to HD to tell them about it. Had original receipt. Turns out, I could get a new faucet free but I had to send the old one back to Peerless and they would send a replacement. How blatant is that. Who can spend months without a kitchen faucet for the sake of a couple of hundred dollars. I had threatened to send the faucet back to them anyway but felt my time was worth more.

It is obviously a way of getting around their guarantee of lifetime replacement.

Good luck with your project.

[Warpy]

5. That's why I got the Moen

They'll take those back, period, if they fail and it's not a replaceable part.

This was a store brand supposedly still guaranteed but I couldn't see replacing it and getting the same problem in another three years so I bit the bullet and paid for what I should have gotten in the first place.

It's still working beautifully and when it stops, I can get new guts.