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Agentbolt (AZ)
I have a 60's era 3 handle bathtub/shower combo in our guest room that I'm trying to rebuild. All three valves were hard to operate when we first bought the house (1961 Tucson ranch) but we didn't worry about it until the diverter stopped fully diverting water to the shower head.
I purchased new valves after IDing my old one with Pfister over the phone, and bought OEM ones. I also purchased all the required tools and all that fun stuff. Since the diverter valve was the fault one, I'm working on that one first.
I've pulled the old valve, and the old seat, installed the new seat with thread tape and pipe dope, and installed the new valve, and the problem hasn't changed a bit. The old valve I pulled out looks identical to the new one, other than being a lot rustier and greener obviously. When turned fully CCW, the spout still spits out about 40% of the water, and the shower head maybe 60. As it turns CW, it diverts fully to the tub.
I've pulled the showerhead to make sure a blockage up there isn't causing the issue, and I've checked the valve body for old chunks of washer (didn't find any). I've included a link to a pic of my new valve in case anyone sees anything obviously wrong with it.
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This is really frustrating because I feel like I've done everything right (ordered OEM, checked with Pfister, did the seat as well, etc...) and of course, it doesn't work.
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m & m (MD)
Make sure the second gasket (the loose one) is properly positioned on the stem. If out of position, it will not allow the stem to seat correctly on the CCW.
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KCRoto (MO)
If you can't get the issue resolved, you could always install a diverter tub spout.
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hj (AZ)
That is a "double seating" stem, so if it does NOT go all the way into the body, correctly it will not seal the shower side. Try removing the "TOP" white ring, (not the loose one), and wrapping pipe tape around the thread, then tighten it in. The tape will allow it to go in a bit further and might be enough to stop the flow.
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