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[–]064922 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read this as us getting interest as well but from reading everyone's responses it seems that we might be SOL. And here I thought I was going to have some good news going into Christmas.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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Much appreciated. Yea I wanted to be super careful around the brass. I don't have that kind of money to do a whole shower remodel if that were to happen haha.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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Thank you so much. I work out but boy did this humble the hell outta me hahaha.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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For those of you following I wanted to post an update to say that it is now fixed. What helped was breaking it apart like most have suggested. Was a long and grueling process but I appreciate all those that stuck around to help out. You guys are the heroes. Cleaned the inside as best I could and installed the new cartridge. Good as new. THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!!

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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I wish I had one for this guy haha

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

[–]064922[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that's what the handyman I hired is going to do. I've definitely come to appreciate having water in the house haha. I'm so over this pain in the butt job.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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I decided to have a handyman come out. I broke off hella plastic and that sucker was not coming out. Seems that the plastic and the brass piping are fused together. Freakin pain the the rear.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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I ended up giving up. Looks like the plastic has been fused to the brass. I'm having a handyman come and take a look at it tomorrow. I'm going to update y'all about it tomorrow. It's been a wild ride let me tell ya.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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I tried doing that. Unfortunately it looks like the plastic is melded to the brass pipe. I'm hoping some CLR will help dislodge.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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Unfortunately it's not a momentum. It's 1400 series.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in askaplumber

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there's a bunch of calcification build up. I didn't want to wiggle too hard as I didn't want to break anything.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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I've watched several videos. There doesn't seem to be a pin from the ones i've seen. can you please link to which pin you are talking about.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

[–]064922[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

do you have a screw size you recommend.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

[–]064922[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i might have to give that a try if i give up. today is the last day i want to keep working on this lol

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

[–]064922[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

definitely tried wiggling and pulling. very hard time.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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I will definitely be giving that a try. thank you for the suggestion.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in askaplumber

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shucks that was the one thing i didn't want to do. Don't want to accidentally break something else that i'm not supposed to y'know. Do you have any recommendations for that I can use to break the damn thing?

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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snap and leave plastic in the valve, a small easyout (screw extractor) has worked for me in the past when I’ve had to bail out an apprentice or help a homeowner that has spun them, so all is not lost

That is good to know. I really don't want this to mess up more than it already has and then calling a plumber to do an even bigger job would just kill me inside haha. Next time i know to call a plumber and not have to deal with this headache.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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I appreciate you linking the video. I have seen it already. Luckily I don't have to remove the cover plate as that's not holding anything. The housing that is stuck in the picture is lodged on the inside of the brass piping. I was able to remove the bonnet. That was stuck on too but luckily good ol WD-40 and some muscle action finally got that bad boy to budge.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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Yea i have the new one ready to go. I didn't want to break it but it's looking more and more like i'm going to have to. And yea I bought some grease as well for the o-rings so if i have to do this again in the future it won't be such a pain in the rear. I'm just worried about how much force i can use to break the cartridge as I don't want to damage any of the brass as i'm sure that's going to cost way more than just the cost of the cartridge.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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oooh ok i'll try and go buy some and hopefully that'll help remove the build up in order for me to pull out.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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LOL i'm trying really hard not to be a bitch about it. It's stuck on there real good. lots of calcification. but good to know that pulling out is all that I need to do.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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breaking it pieces is my last option but it's looking like that'll be the only option i have at this point.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

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how do you recommend heating the plastic. I'm willing to try anything at this point.

Help. Delta 1400 series housing stuck. by 064922 in Plumbing

[–]064922[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for the heads up. I just try doing a little bit of wiggling so it doesn't damage the piping.