Today I found a slow leak in my kitchen faucet. It’s a pull-down style faucet with small copper tubing going through the counter, and the leak is where that copper meets the braided supply line. I don’t see any way to put a wrench on the copper pipe, so how can I fix this? I’m not sure, but it seems like maybe this fitting is meant to be permanent from the factory?
I don’t know the brand of faucet. The stem is a square, and I took photos of some identifying marks. If anyone can identify this, that would be helpful if I need to order a part.
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I figured it out. I'm used to always holding the backside steady with a second wrench when tightening anything, so I was afraid to try this here. But after reading @brhans comments, I tried it, simply holding the brass sleeve with vice grips and tightening the connector a quarter turn and that did the trick. I suppose the reason this piece doesn't have wrench flats is it's designed to be just finger tight, but in this case it required a little extra. This connector has two rubber O-rings inside, so the threads do not make the seal.