First off, I appreciate any and all who check out this topic.

I would like to replace the kitchen faucet in the house in which I am currently living. The current one is a pretty old single-handled plastic Moen faucet, and it leaks out of every possible place that it can when turned on.

I've only done a kitchen faucet swap once, and it was in a much newer house that of course used much newer components, so please forgive my ignorance in this particular situation.

Anyway, upon looking at removing this particular old Moen, I am greeted by this underneath:

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(Apologies if the angle isn't that great).

Not sure what I am looking at... never seen a faucet held on by something like that. Looks like some kind of clip, or something? I'm guessing that since the whole thing seems badly rusted/corroded, I should expect to have to ultimately destroy it?

Any answers are greatly appreciated!


EDIT: Made the picture smaller. It was huge, initially.



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that threaded shaft is the key here.
there is a nut (badly corroded) up against the big brass colored spacer.
so, remove the nut by hammer and chisel method, the spacer will come down after you straighten the copper tubes and the faucet will lift up.

That makes perfect sense. Thank you very much for the reply!

FIRST you have tp unscrew the hose from the shaft. THEN, using a socket wrench, remove the nut from the same shaft and the faucet will come loose. The two "wing nuts" are holding the trim plate in place, and because the top now has two holes in it, depending on the new faucet, you may have to drill new larger holes for the new trim plate.



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The nut actually broke loose pretty easily, with the combination of vise grips, and some muscle. I decided to replace the shut-off valves (which proved to be a bigger pain than removing the old faucet), along with the supply lines. Good to go.
Thanks again for the replies.



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