My parents have an old Kohler single handle tub spout that had a leak. A plumber came to fix it, but we soon noticed that it started to leak again. To try to save my parents some money by hiring another plumber, I thought I'd try to fix it. I did a little research and began disassembling. I removed the handle and escutcheon plate. Then, I mistakenly gave the stem (?) a few turns instead of the nut that I didn't see at first b/c it was recessed. I bought a socket wrench to loosen the nut, but it wasn't gripping anything. I looked closer, and it looked more like a washer than a nut. I didn't want to continue for fear that I made matters worse. I put the parts back into place, turned on the main water, and the spout was spewing out water at medium-low pressure while it was off. (Ugh.) I'm afraid I wrangled something behind the wall... Here's a picture of what I was looking at:


Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Ting

repairs to that particular style valve are done by removing the 4 screws and pulling the whole loosened assembly towards you.
sorry but i'm not familiar with that brand valve.

contact 1-800-4KOHLER

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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638

Have you established that it is really Kohler, or just going by the guess we made in an earlier posting?

as per the OP

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My parents have an old Kohler single handle tub spout that had a leak.

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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638

Then it must have been on another site where he was looking for the manufacturer. Given that it rotated clockwise cold to hot, that implied that it was a Kohler, or similar.