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Allan Limbocker Posted on Jul 23, 2014

How To Remove American Standard Shower Cartridge 1055

Only Cold Water Comes Out

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Remove horseshoe shaped retaining clip. twist stem back and forth while pulling stem. if it still wont come out, you may have to buy a stem puller

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    Kenneth Pancoast Jul 23, 2014

    goes without saying, turn off water supply

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 07, 2009

SOURCE: hot and cold water in shower comes out in a triclkle

shut off the water from the main pipe.
use a allen screw driver take the handle off the shower control.
pull of the wall cover.
pull out the pin that stablized the cartridge in the control body. (remember how it is, before you take it out. or take a digital pic of it). pull out the cartridge. and bring it to any home center or plumbing store.
install in reverse.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 14, 2009

SOURCE: water leaks from shower head while bath faucet is running

sometimes there are orings or gaskets that get tore in assembly one of those may be bad,or if it is around the threds you might try wraping teflon tape around the thred once or twice.hope this helps

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 01, 2009

SOURCE: single knob for shower and tub wont stop running

I had the same problem, you need to shut off your valves and remove the handle that turns the water on and off. You need to turn the chrome front piece counter clockwise to remove it from the front of the unit. Pull the ball out and you should see 2 rubber o-rings with springs inside. My guess is that you have a bad o-ring that should be replaced. After you buy the kit from your local Home Depot, Lowes etc, you install the pieces the same way you removed them!

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 18, 2010

SOURCE: removal or moen shower cartridge

Once you have removed the U shaped cotter pin whis is brass in colour. Use a pair of plyers and hold on to the brass stem. you will need to pull fairly hard to remove. If you have the white or black stem loosening knob which comes with the replacement cartridge you can insert that into the brass cartridge where the plastic sides of the cartridge are showing. Turn your plastic konb clockwise to loosen the cartridge and then pull out.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 12, 2010

SOURCE: We have a Maxx shower SA9592-02. The water comes

take a philips screw driver and take the screw out and flip the hot cold handle that should fix your problem

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