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All outside wall faucets that are code approved (have vacuum breakers & backflow preventors) have this requirement, not for continual usage. Many manufacturers make valves without vacuum breakers and backflow preventors but if you install one you open yourself and your neighborhood up the...

That faucet may be threaded or soldered, you can't tell from this picture. The casting is the same so there are wrenching flats on either style. We do make replacement stems and handles for that valve. You probably need a packing kit (C-134KT-803) and a handle kit (C-134KT-805) and you can...

It is either leaking through the packing nut, or through the stem. Since you've replaced the stem, my guess is the packing nut. You can remove the handle screw, turn on the hydrant, remove the handle and see where it leaks. If it is leaking out of hole in the stem, the backflow preventor has...

The Repair kits will work for all sizes. If you want to replace the stem, remove the stem and measure the overall length, then cross reference it with the stem lengths at www.PRIER.com

Hi, THe 400 and 500 Series use the same repair parts for repairing the vacuum breaker, part number 630-7500. If you house was built in 1985, it is a 500 series since the 400 series did no debut until after 2000. The Vacuum Breaker typically is damaged when a hose is left on the valve...

Turn the shutoff valve OFF, using a crescent wrench, loosen the nut behind the handle and after is it loose, unthread the stem out of the valve. Inspect the stem and make sure it is complete. Once the valve is out of the hydrant, turn the water on to flush out the hydrant, after flushing the...

Unscrew the handle from the stem and then use the handle to turn the valve "ON". Check to see if the leak is through the packing or out of the small hole in the stem. If it is leaking from the stem, then the stem seat needs to be rebuilt with the parts from the 630-7755 kit. If it is leaking...

If your valve is an ASSE 1019 approved wall hydrant, code requires a minimum flow of 6 GPM at 25 PSI differential.

Remove the handle from the valve, if it happens again, it is probably not kids. You will then have to look at solutions in your house...what type of valve is it? What is the pressure inside your house? Good luck

Arrowhead Brass Products http://champion-arrowhead.com/

Hi! When there is positive water pressure, the water pressure pushes the spring closed, preventing water from escaping through the stem. Under a backflow condition, the spring opens and allows water to drain through the stem and out of the hole under the handle. This is a code requirement...

It does not, if we are talking about the same item, these old Prier stems were made of brass rod and the washer was stopped by deforming the rod, newer style feature the enlargement that stops the washer in the correct spot.

Definately a stem for a Prier hydrant. http://www.prier.com/support/C_134_6 Good luck

This appears to be an Arrowhead Brass hydrant. The diaphragm inside of the vacuum breaker has probably broken, that or your getting leakage from the drain port at the bottom of the valve (that has the drip in your postage image). Arrowhead should have repair kits for each of these, I think...

Prier, Kansas City, MO, Probably has a green handle. www.PRIER.com