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Hey /diy/, my sink's been broken for ages and I finally found the culprit, this bit here which is supposed to control the waterflow.

Hardware store wants to charge me 60 for new ones, but if I can get the name of the part I might be able to see if the manufacturer offers it cheaper through some searching.

I've checked extensively, the manufacturer has no label anywhere on the sink set.

>> No.1166193
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1166193

Another angle

>> No.1166194

Stems

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Here's a picture of the sink set itself, if anyone can recognize that.

Looking for stems now.

>> No.1166197

>>1166192
60$ is the going price for most brass stems, and you cant just throw plastic ones in it.
Go back to the hardware store and get a part number, google it and itll tell you who made it

>> No.1166198

Oh, I should have clarified sorry, the stem itself is fine, I need to see if I can buy the little rubber bit within it without buying a whole new part.

Sorry for the confusion.

>> No.1166207

>>1166198
When stems leak, you replace the whole stem.
Im guessing it was leaking from the handle when you turned it on?

>> No.1166215

>>1166195
for $60 for stems, i'd just get a new faucet ($50-100)

>> No.1166223

>>1166207
Yeah, that's the issue.

>> No.1166233

>>1166192
thats american standard isn't it?

If you are cheap, you can turn those o-ring type gaskets over to put a new mating surface against the seats in the faucet, but make sure you wipe out the inside of the faucet part, stray shit can keep it from sealing clean.
If you don't have faucet grease, you can use hand soap. Don't use other greases, they can eat that rubber shit.

This is a temporary solution if it does work.

You might be able to buy that o-ring type washer/gasket by itself if you look around, but it's not likely.


The only "safe" nigger-rigged solution is putting graphite packing on the washer, just enough to form a new surface.


above all, be careful not to over tighten and fuck it up worse.

>> No.1166236

>>1166192
also replace that actual o-ring.
take it to a hardware store to match it up

>> No.1166493

>>1166193

If this is the type of cartridge it appears to be...
The white part in the center is ceramic.
There are two ceramic disks - one fixed, one movable.
The disks are perfectly flat and when in the proper position water can't flow between them.
If a bit of trash gets between them it causes a leak.
Take them apart and clean the surfaces, re-assemble and see if it still leaks.
The last time I purchased this type of cartridge they were $35 each.

>> No.1166717

>>1166493
I replace these all the time as my day job, they're like 5 of my great british pounds, Look for quarter turn ceramic tap cartridges OP, they work a treat.