Questions & Answers for: American Standard seat washer

...this shoul help thanks Just replaced the same exact stems... one seated fine, the other spun and wouldn't turn off. I added an extra washer to that one... it pushes the seat in just a bit

How to remove the corroded valve seat housing in my tub faucet Grrr.plumbing ... I am the by default female ''fixit'' around here and this is my plumbing stumbling block .I have 30 year old American ...

...washer will be at the end of the stem. While you have the stem pulled, I would remove and replace the seat as well which requires a seat wrench to remove it. That's pretty much it. It's not real hard ...

...bathtub faucet set that has been leaking at the spout. I thought the reason for the leak was the seats and rubber washers needed to be replaced. After doing so I still have a leak. I have double ...

I have a fluidmaster ballcock valve that sometime sticks and the water does not enter the tank. what could be problem Well, something is amuck with the valve. What you do is jsut replace it. The ...

...problem I Without seeing the faucet or knowing any other details, it sounds as if the o-rings or seats are bad. Most likely twisted or misaligned if the problem is such that it won't turn off. If ...

...washer and the seat of the flapper. This seepage causes the water level in the tank to drop to a point where the water inlet valve opens to replace the lost water in the tank. There are two ways to ...

...washer onto bottom of valve stem, Screw on. While you have it apart look down inside the tap to inspect the valve seat. If its chipped, broken, rusted etc you MUST replace it, if you do not any new ...

...washer seat, after you turn the water off, open the valve before you replace it, most people take the stem nut out first, then putting it back over compresses it unless the valve is open. Check the ...

...seat (the surface in the bottom of the faucet body where the stem's washer "seats" itself to shut off the flow of water? There are special tools for removing the old seats and installing new ones ...