![]() Just had a hot water tank installed by a company, but a poor solder joing on the cold water feed below the cutoff valve leaked water onto the top of the ne Bradford White Defender 40 gallon tank for about 14 hours. Together we make the world a better place. Anyway, thanks for caring and as you can see, I care too. But the instructions are to flush the body out first, that will likely prevent your problem. After 5 million views and thousdands of replies, I regret to say, your comment is not alone in wanting more. My attempt to reduce video time to comply with the averge attention span caused me to not do a half hour video, or even full hour. Moen OEM cartridges are all made in the same mold. I tell people to look into the area with a light or as the instructions with the cartridge say, flush out the body of the the valve then insert the cartridge. Ive done hundreds of this valve cartridge replacements and about 1 in 20 there is this issue. Stan Brady Greg says: Stan, Likely there was a piece of rubber or debris at the end of the hole where the cartridge goes in. If you redo your video you might want to mention the possibility of this problem happening. These modifications did the trick and the clip went in. I also tapered the ends of the clip with a grinding wheel. ![]() ![]() So then, using an emery board, I filed some meat off each side of the plastic collar. I removed and reinserted the cartridge repeatedly, twisting and turning it and carefully tapping on it using the plastic removal tool as a buffer. When I tried to reinsert the retaining clip I found that the plastic collar on the new cartridge did not seat far enough and did not leave room for the clip to slide in. ![]() All went smoothly except for one situation that required some modification to the new cartridge. I used a Danco Core Puller to remove the old cartridge. I just replaced a Moen 1222 cartridge (received from Moen) in my shower, thanks to your very thorough YouTube video. ![]()
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