Moen cartridge

[Blaine Wiley]

I have one in my house right now that is installed backwards, and has been since I bought the place. It has never leaked.

I'll fix it when it needs to be replaced.

[Dean Call]

Originally Posted by bwiley

I have one in my house right now that is installed backwards, and has been since I bought the place. It has never leaked.

I'll fix it when it needs to be replaced.

All you need to do is remove one screw, pull the knob off, rotate it half way around and put it back on.

[Jay Moge]

yeah but your more apt. to break it after you fix it, or get scolded because your used to it the other way.

[Blaine Wiley]

Originally Posted by Dean Call

All you need to do is remove one screw, pull the knob off, rotate it half way around and put it back on.

I know how to fix it, but I don't want to.

[Jay Moge]

Originally Posted by bwiley

I know how to fix it, but I don't want to.

neener neener neener.

[evandeven]

Originally Posted by rwand1

I have installed the cartridge backwards and got hot and cold reversed. Same in homes inspected. To ensure its not the cold/hot line reverse I feel the pipes and sure enough they are correct. That leaves the cartridge. Poor design if you ask me. The cartridges are not marked very well... and I am not fool proof.

Cheers,
Raymond Wand
Alton, ON

The catridges are that way on purpose. It is a lot easier to turn the shaft 180 degrees than to rip out the walls and replumb the area that is backwards.

[evandeven]

Originally Posted by Dean Call

All you need to do is remove one screw, pull the knob off, rotate it half way around and put it back on.

I fix them with the owners permission.

[Dean Call]

Originally Posted by bwiley

I know how to fix it, but I don't want to.

Sorry, I *thought* maybe you didn't know it was only a two minute job.
(That's what I get for thinking)

But it is true, after handles are marked wrong OR turn the wrong direction to turn "off" and left that way for a while, it does take some getting used to when corrected.
Sorta like walking into a room and flipping on the light switch when you know the power is off.

Personally, I wouldn't touch one during an inspection without a warning to the customer.
Every time I've ever thought "heck, it's a piece of cake" something went wrong.

[David P. Valley]

Why is this conversation still dragging on?

[Jay Moge]

because someone alway replies..........sorry.

[Dean Call]

Originally Posted by dvalley

Why is this conversation still dragging on?

Sorry

[wward]

and if you don't grease the stem you may roll the o-ring out of it's channel causing an incorrect fit and leak.

[Jay Moge]

i had a re-fried bean buritto last night, and i think i rolled my o-ring this morning. ooooooooooooooohhhh maaaaaaaaan.

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by Dean Call

A Moen cartridge can't be installed wrong because either way it's the same.
You only have to remove the handle and rotate the "center stem" part of the cartridge (or the handle) 180° to change cold/hot to left (or right.)

This was a big Moen sales promotion feature years ago, faucets can be installed back to back with hot/cold supplies conneced to either side then just install the handles 180° oposite.

But here in America, hot is on the left and cold is on the right. So if "you only have to remove the handle and rotate the 'center stem' part of the cartridge (or the handle) 180° to change cold/hot to left (or right)," then wasn't it installed wrong, seeming to indicate that, yes, it can be installed wrong.

Of course, this close to the border here, I find lots of hot/cold reverses because that little ol' "C" on the cold means "caliente", or "hot," in Spanish. And since hot burns, they tend to reverse them so that the little ones under that the "C" means "caliente" which means "hot."