The images are from the Grohe installation booklet for this aging lav faucet.
What I really need is a removal manual, I guess. Appears that, as with some other Grohe models, the caps atop the faucet valve-stems just pushed in - when new - but are presumably now retained by a decade or two of calcium and toothpaste residue.
Efforts to remove these caps with a scraper-blade or screwdriver have thus far brought me just past the brink of damage to the chrome/brass.
Anyone got any tricks for this?
Was it a metal-to-metal fit that retained these originally, or was there anything resilient involved?
Wish I had an easy source of liquid nitrogen...more realistically, if I can manage it, a vinegar or CLR soaking will be next...probably followed by a hacksaw and a new faucet...
What I really need is a removal manual, I guess. Appears that, as with some other Grohe models, the caps atop the faucet valve-stems just pushed in - when new - but are presumably now retained by a decade or two of calcium and toothpaste residue.
Efforts to remove these caps with a scraper-blade or screwdriver have thus far brought me just past the brink of damage to the chrome/brass.
Anyone got any tricks for this?
Was it a metal-to-metal fit that retained these originally, or was there anything resilient involved?
Wish I had an easy source of liquid nitrogen...more realistically, if I can manage it, a vinegar or CLR soaking will be next...probably followed by a hacksaw and a new faucet...