faucet
I am trying to replace my kitchen faucet and don’t know how to unscrew the spray hose. The ring is getting caught on the spray hose nut and I can’t pull the faucet out. Which is the nut to remove In the attached picture? I also assuming I go counterclockwise on it.
Found a similar design at the Delta website. The round knurled piece should unscrew. The male threaded section should also unscrew. Apparently some have a hex shape to facilitate installation. Some have an internal female hex shape that is removed by an allen wrench. This allows the retaining plate to be removed. If there is enough room between the backsplash and the spout you could try holding the piece under the sink with a pipe-wrench, vise grips or large pliers and have someone spin the faucet.
I called Kohler support. They told me "it just pulls off". I was disappointed with that--nothing after 5 years "just pulls off".
I ended up tapping the hole. It's just the right size for a 1/4-20 tap. I then used a bolt to pull the inserts off--just screw the bolt in until it hits the valve stem and it pulls it off. I'm enclosing a picture of the inside of that insert so others can see what this is.
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It's hard to tell from the picture but there should be three copper tubing extensions coming down from the faucet under the sink. Two are water supply lines - hot and cold - and the other supplies the water to the sprayer. Sometimes these hose are attached to the copper extensions by quick-connect clips sometimes by threaded connections. It appears that yours are threaded. Be sure to turn off the water to both the hot and cold supply lines before disconnecting anything.
You should be able to remove the lines from the copper extensions with a couple of properly sized open-end or adjustable wrenches. The threaded nuts will turn in a counter-clockwise direction (lefty loosey - righty tighty). Hold one wrench on the copper nut and the other on the chrome piece with the flat sides. Turn the chrome nut counter-clockwise when looking up. After you get them off you should be able to slide the ring over all three copper extensions - that's why they are staggered with different lengths. You may also need to remove the weight on the sprayer hose if you have one. They usually just unclip with a little pressure.