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Have a American Std 4453 series kitchen faucet. Leak around the spout was fixed with a free spout seal kit from AS. Reassembled and no leak but the spout now hard to turn. Suggestions?
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I checked online at www.plumbingwarehouse.com/american-standard-kitchen-faucet-hamilton-4040. There is a diagram that shows a seal kit that probably needs to be replaced. The diagram is really good and shows a complete breakdown of your faucet. I hope this helps.
The cap at the top will either unscrew, or pry up with a small flat blade. Will be one or the other, haven't seen one of these in many years so I don't remember.. If its leaking around the spout at the base you will need to replace the O rings. Moen provides many repair kits for free. Go to H Depot and ask the plumbing guy to give you a repair kit for this model, it may be free, with instructions included!
if you are having trouble removing the set screw make sure you are using the correct size allen wrench and confirm that it is a allen screw and not a trox screw. After doing this try tighten the screw slightly before loosening it. This should break it loose.
Look on the underside of the sink (in the cabinet) and find the nut that holds the faucet in place. Loosen it a quarter-turn at a time until it's where you want it. If it starts to leak, remove the nut completely, wrap the male connector with teflon tape, and replace the nut. Tighten it a little at a time until it's where you would like it. Good luck.
After you remove the handle, the chrome cap should either snap or spin off.It also may come out with the cartridge...
There are 3 screws that hold the cartidge in the faucet...take them out and you should be able carefully work the faucet are off of the core of the faucet.
Put a little cooking oil on the o-rings after you install the new ones... just to allow the faucet arm to slide on without damage...
Hope this gets you dripless!!
Let me know if you have a question.
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