I just wanted to follow up and thank you for this forum and your replies, everything seems to be in working order thanks in part to the many threads of advice I've been reading here.
Cheers mate.
That's interesting, so if I prefered could I just install it without the stopper and have it function with 360 degrees of movement and it'd work fine? I'd rather like that.
Hey thanks for the reply,
So if I understand these images correctly the stop mechanism is on the faucet assembly itself and not built into the cartridge, meaning it will spin freely 360 degrees in either direction without it.
I was kind of worried about damaging the cartridge by spinning it...
I bought a Moen 1222 cartridge and I just noticed that the stem can rotate freely in either direction 360 degrees, is this normal or is the cartridge damaged? I expected it to stop at some point when fully on and stop at some point where its fully off. Should I exchange it?
I was just about to...