Finally got my kitchen faucet drip sorted after 6 tries...

So I've been fighting this slow drip from my kitchen faucet for about 3 months now. I kept thinking it was just a bad washer, replaced that twice, then the O-ring, nothing helped. Last weekend I finally sat down and watched a YouTube video from a guy in Ohio who does step by step tear downs. Turns out the cartridge had a tiny hairline crack that you could barely see unless you held it up to light. After 6 trips to the hardware store and about 8 total hours of messing around under the sink, I swapped that cartridge and the drip stopped immediately. I felt like a total idiot for not checking that first, but hey, it's done now. Has anyone else dealt with a crack that was basically invisible until you pulled the whole thing apart?

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loganm529d ago

Dude that is such a frustrating thing lol. My buddy had basically the exact same problem with his shower handle last year. He changed the cartridge like three times, bought a whole new handle, even put in a new valve stem. Nothing worked for weeks. Then his neighbor who's a plumber came over and actually shined a flashlight through the old cartridge and there was this tiny hairline crack along the side that was just impossible to see with the naked eye. He felt like such a moron but honestly who would think a crack that small can cause that much leaking. It's crazy how something so tiny can make you waste hours of your life.

faith_torres839d ago

Hate how the tiniest crack can make you feel like you've been losing your mind.

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