Shower – Replace shower faucet valve stems

faucetshowervalve

My shower faucet is leaking. So I removed the handle to see what kind of stems they use. I haven't seen this kind of stems anywhere. Does anyone know what they are and how to replace them?

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Best Answer

Thank you Ed Beal. Yes, these are washer-less ceramic valves. I changed the cartridge and it was simple than I thought. Basically you remove the plate and turn the chrome sleeve counter clockwise to remove it. Then use a channel lock to loosen the cartridge by holding the edge of the cartridge and turning it counter clockwise. Installed a new cartridge and gave it a gentle tight snug. No more leaks and shower works very well.

Please see the pics I took.

This is the cartridge part number This is the cartridge part number

After removing plate and sleeve After removing plate and sleeve

After loosening the cartridge After loosening the cartridge

Cartridge removed Cartridge removed

Installed a new cartridge Installed a new cartridge

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