How do I remove this shower valve? Pic inside...

[Terry]

41 years?
It was time anyway to replace the valve.

The new ones are pressure balanced.

Here in Seattle, we use a lot of Moen.
The water is good here, so we don't have the lime that others have.

Delta is good here too.

 

[hj]

Moen

Once I get the internal stem removed, it usually only takes a few seconds to remove the outer sleeve. But that is why I have more than one extractor to do it, so I can choose the right one to try first. If that doesn't work then it takes a few minutes more to get and use one of the others. The only ones I have ever had to change were those where the customer either used a hammer and chisel or tried to drill it out.

 

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[Kingsotall]

What'll it be mister¿

Ole hair of the dog that bit me!

 

[SewerRatz]

Once I get the internal stem removed, it usually only takes a few seconds to remove the outer sleeve. But that is why I have more than one extractor to do it, so I can choose the right one to try first. If that doesn't work then it takes a few minutes more to get and use one of the others. The only ones I have ever had to change were those where the customer either used a hammer and chisel or tried to drill it out.

Same here HJ, only ones I ever had to replace where the ones mutilated by a drill. I seem to get them types of calls around 11 pm. AS for installing a new Moen, I carry Moen faucets and am proud to sell them. I never had a single complaint on a Moen I sell. Only complaints I heard about Moen's are the Hardware store models.

 

[hollister]

Just wanted to say thanks for this thread.
My niece woke me at 4:00 am (she had to be at work at starbucks at5:00) to tell me that the shower would not shut off.
After a bunch of googleing I found this thread and it really helped.
The plastic tool was a joke so I made a steel copy in my machine shop and that just bent the brass ears on the cartridge.
So I tried sewerratz suggestion of the dowel and 1/2 inch tap and it worked just right and everything is tight and works as should and I feel so dang manly having done-it-myself.

Thanks guys.

 

[hj]

moen

Just so you know. The puller may just remove the inside "movable" stem, and leave you with the task of removing the outer shell. THAT is where experience, and OTHER pullers come in. I have 4 different ones, and sometimes removing the stem takes two or more of them depending on the situation.