I'm not bragging.
Kitchen faucet, Delta ball knockoff, contractor grade. Drip............................................drip.
A couple weeks ago. OK remove handle set screw. Ugg. Really stuck. Use all sort of penetrating fluid. No help. Eventually I (king of all jackesses) strip the hex. Poop. None of my easy outs fit. Go get Milwaukee drill, but can't find my left hand drill bits. I think I loaned them to a buddy. In the process I find out my drill is fried and won't go in reverse.
Buy a HF $25 job (separate thread) and some various remover tools. None actually work. Screw is really seized. Suddenly one gets a bite, set strew starts to turn and then breaks partially. What a mess - but naturally the handle will come off.
OK cool, standard springs and rubber seal seats, plus the cap is loose. Off to the store. Of course no threads match the set screw. (metric or standard - weird). I got the closest match - looks like same size or so 1/4-20, just course thread (you would think this mean the thread was 1/4-28). Next size up is 5/16-18, but I don't have a tap that size or an "F" drill bit. So I buy that stuff, just in case.
Reassemble the faucet after shining everything up. Works GREAT.
OK now the handle. Drill press gets most the remaining junk out, but there is still stuck metal and my 1/4-20 tap is not having fun. So I work the hole with a diamond bit as the remains of the old stainless set screw were quite work hardened. Now the tap goes. Hole is not perfect, but fine for a set screw on a tiny faucet lever. Goo up the new stainless set screw with antiseize and works like a champ.
Return unused 5/16-18 stuff.
Wife now wants a new kitchen. Ugg.
Kitchen faucet, Delta ball knockoff, contractor grade. Drip............................................drip.
A couple weeks ago. OK remove handle set screw. Ugg. Really stuck. Use all sort of penetrating fluid. No help. Eventually I (king of all jackesses) strip the hex. Poop. None of my easy outs fit. Go get Milwaukee drill, but can't find my left hand drill bits. I think I loaned them to a buddy. In the process I find out my drill is fried and won't go in reverse.
Buy a HF $25 job (separate thread) and some various remover tools. None actually work. Screw is really seized. Suddenly one gets a bite, set strew starts to turn and then breaks partially. What a mess - but naturally the handle will come off.
OK cool, standard springs and rubber seal seats, plus the cap is loose. Off to the store. Of course no threads match the set screw. (metric or standard - weird). I got the closest match - looks like same size or so 1/4-20, just course thread (you would think this mean the thread was 1/4-28). Next size up is 5/16-18, but I don't have a tap that size or an "F" drill bit. So I buy that stuff, just in case.
Reassemble the faucet after shining everything up. Works GREAT.
OK now the handle. Drill press gets most the remaining junk out, but there is still stuck metal and my 1/4-20 tap is not having fun. So I work the hole with a diamond bit as the remains of the old stainless set screw were quite work hardened. Now the tap goes. Hole is not perfect, but fine for a set screw on a tiny faucet lever. Goo up the new stainless set screw with antiseize and works like a champ.
Return unused 5/16-18 stuff.
Wife now wants a new kitchen. Ugg.
