Bent Shower Diverter question

[NKaufman]

Hello,

With teens in the house, it's always a mystery how stuff breaks since no one sees or hears anything

Noticed shower diverter is bent now.
What's the best way to proceed?

Can I take off diverter screw from bottom without turning off water? and then see if perhaps its only a cartridge that is bent?
Or is it best left for a pro?

Thanks,

Can also provide side pics to show the bent.

 

[Jeff H Young]

well the tub spout might or might not be damaged I suspect the spout is a connected to copper tubing and bent . The tub spout probebly has an allen screw on the bottom loosten the screw remove spout then take a small chizel or screw driver bust a bit of tile off around the tube to see in side and try to bend it back . clean off caulk and replace spout

 

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[NKaufman]

Thanks,
Loosened screw,
took out spout
See copper pipe was bent slightly,
cleaned area
put spout back
pushed it in
Caulked
DONE

Phew, glad that it was nothing.

Now looking for a site to deal with teenagers