I've got a chrome type mixer tap in my kitchen and the other day when I went to turn off the hot water tap it went all the way up but the water kept coming.
I removed the tap and the cover so I am down to the spindle. I managed to prise off the little circlip between it and the base of the mixer main body. Thats where i am now as i cant remove the rest of it to get at the o rings or any washers.
Should that spindle etc pull out once I've got rid of the circlip? I've tried slapping on the WD40 but it wont budge. Trying to prise it out with screw drivers only bends & buggers up the metal of the spindle.
Its a B&Q mixer i had installed with my new kitchen about 3 years ago so it shouldnt be in that state already?
Any advice? Does it sound like a lost cause? Perhaps buying a new mixer for 40 quid or so would be cheaper than a plumbers visit...?
Many thanks for any help you can give me.
Mike
I removed the tap and the cover so I am down to the spindle. I managed to prise off the little circlip between it and the base of the mixer main body. Thats where i am now as i cant remove the rest of it to get at the o rings or any washers.
Should that spindle etc pull out once I've got rid of the circlip? I've tried slapping on the WD40 but it wont budge. Trying to prise it out with screw drivers only bends & buggers up the metal of the spindle.
Its a B&Q mixer i had installed with my new kitchen about 3 years ago so it shouldnt be in that state already?
Any advice? Does it sound like a lost cause? Perhaps buying a new mixer for 40 quid or so would be cheaper than a plumbers visit...?
Many thanks for any help you can give me.
Mike