Single Handle Faucet Cartridge Stuck

I managed to turn the cartridge body maybe a few degrees and now it is stuck there.

Single handle faucet cartridge stuck.

Make sure both water supplies are turned off. You turn the water off dissemble the faucet handle to expose the cartridge and then pull the cartridge out. The company designs them to be removable so. Trouble removing the cartridge from a moen faucet.

The stroke by billy squier permission to use in this video by the legend hims. Disassemble the faucet and remove cartridge retainer clip. Remove the faucet cartridge. Moen 2 handle brass and plastic faucet tub shower cartridge.

Item 27374 model 1224. The removal tool just deforms. Pulling up on the stem is supposed to pull out the cartridge. Usually this can be done by hand or with a pair of pliers but occasionally it will stick and require quite a bit of force to remove.

The cartridge valve stem is the moving piece inside the sleeve that is connected to the faucet handle and changes the mix between hot and cold and sometimes flow. The easy way to access a corroded basin faucet fixing nut for removal. The use of the cartridge puller to remove stuck cartridge. In reality you will find more often than not that the cartridge is stuck and despite your best efforts will not budge.

Al moen invented the cartridge faucet and cartridge faucets remain a specialty of the moen company. The cartridge is frozen inside the faucet. If you have a two handle faucet with handles that turn 90 degrees you have either a cartridge or compression faucet. Inside the body of the cartridge there is a stem that moves up and down for shut off flow volume and rotates for hot cold mix.

In theory replacing a shower faucet cartridge is an easy task. Cartridge faucets generally use an up down motion to regulate water flow and control temperature with a left right motion. Pull out the cartridge stem to the full open position. Unscrew the knurled screw until it backs out of the recess in the puller as show.

Leaks in cartridge faucets are usually caused by worn out cartridges or worn rubber o ring seals.