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The diverter valve on the bath taps/shower mixer when pulled up vertically (to shower mode) allows quite a bit of water to still drip out of the tap spout. So we need to replace the O rings by removing the valve.
We have got an 11mm open ended spanner around the two straight edges of the valve, but we can't put enough pressure on the spanner to turn it. Not without breaking the spaner that is. Is there a better tool more suited to doing this? If not could we try to release it with WD40 or maybe bathroom descaler if the valve has limed up internally?
By the way, using a bigger adjustable spanner set to 11mm does not fit as the jaws are too deep.
We have got an 11mm open ended spanner around the two straight edges of the valve, but we can't put enough pressure on the spanner to turn it. Not without breaking the spaner that is. Is there a better tool more suited to doing this? If not could we try to release it with WD40 or maybe bathroom descaler if the valve has limed up internally?
By the way, using a bigger adjustable spanner set to 11mm does not fit as the jaws are too deep.