Hey gang. First post here and I'm in need of some help. I'm a pretty good DIY'er but this one has me scratching my head. I recently purchased my first house and am trying to fix a leaking garden tub spout. I did some research and found it is a Moen Eva series 2 handle roman tub faucet. The problem is whenever I fill up the tub, water leaks out of the base of the faucet. Someone used a ton a caulk trying to fix this problem prior to me, and didn't fix it properly.
Link to PDF for faucet:
https://docs.google.com/viewerng/vi...m/shared/docs/exploded-parts-views/t943pt.pdf
So I ordered the o-ring that fits into the base of the faucet and then took it all apart. Here's what I found.
Here is my problem. The copper pipe is too short from the base of the tub. If you look at the picture with the bottom of the faucet, you can see an o-ring way down in there. The purpose is for the O-ring to fit snugly around the top of the pipe. Well, that o-ring sits 1.141" deep from the base of the faucet to the very end of the opening. The pipe only sits 0.93" from the top of the tub. So there's nearly 1/4" difference. So that O-ring probably isn't even touching the pipe.
I can't figure out if the pipe is adjustable as it looks like a solid piece of pipe to my untrained eye. So I have no idea how to fix this. The previous owners put half a tube of caulk in there and called it a day... but that just won't do for me. Unfortunately there's no way for me to get to the base of the pipes without tearing down the front trim of the tub so I'm honestly considering taking the faucet to a machine shop and see if they can chop off .25" off the base to make it all match up.
If anyone has a suggestion, I'd greatly appreciate it!
Link to PDF for faucet:
https://docs.google.com/viewerng/vi...m/shared/docs/exploded-parts-views/t943pt.pdf
So I ordered the o-ring that fits into the base of the faucet and then took it all apart. Here's what I found.
Here is my problem. The copper pipe is too short from the base of the tub. If you look at the picture with the bottom of the faucet, you can see an o-ring way down in there. The purpose is for the O-ring to fit snugly around the top of the pipe. Well, that o-ring sits 1.141" deep from the base of the faucet to the very end of the opening. The pipe only sits 0.93" from the top of the tub. So there's nearly 1/4" difference. So that O-ring probably isn't even touching the pipe.
I can't figure out if the pipe is adjustable as it looks like a solid piece of pipe to my untrained eye. So I have no idea how to fix this. The previous owners put half a tube of caulk in there and called it a day... but that just won't do for me. Unfortunately there's no way for me to get to the base of the pipes without tearing down the front trim of the tub so I'm honestly considering taking the faucet to a machine shop and see if they can chop off .25" off the base to make it all match up.
If anyone has a suggestion, I'd greatly appreciate it!
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