Thread: Pluming / Shower Diverter

Jon Danniken wrote: Tony wrote: Jon Danniken wrote: steve wrote: Im apealing to those of you who may have done this before and has some experience with this problem. I have tried putting vaciline on it to make it more slippering but that has nto worked. Petroleum jelly can dissolve some types of o-rings. Better to use a silicone lubricant for that application. Since it's food safe and it doesn't spoil I tried mineral oil on an...

Thanks for the help. You may be right. However I have resolved the problem, perhaps incorrectly or in a counter intuitive way, but what I did was instead of putting the washer in the groove that it is intended for, I put it further back on the plastic shaft. There is a large area really the same diameter at the groved point ment for the O ring. If you put the O ring there behind the grooved place I think what happens is that when you push on...

Tony wrote: Jon Danniken wrote: steve wrote: Im apealing to those of you who may have done this before and has some experience with this problem. I have tried putting vaciline on it to make it more slippering but that has nto worked. Petroleum jelly can dissolve some types of o-rings. Better to use a silicone lubricant for that application. Since it's food safe and it doesn't spoil I tried mineral oil on an o-ring in the kitchen...

On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 05:48:04 -0800 (PST), steve wrote: I have an older shower. I have removed the Shower diverter and replaced it. I have the type that has a spring on it and you pull it out to make water go to the shower and then push in (or turn water off ) to make it go to the tub. This diverter is on the wall eg its NOT the type that is built into the the tub water outlet. The problem is that after I have replaced the part it now leaks...

On Nov 8, 3:09*pm, "Jon Danniken" wrote: steve wrote: Im apealing to those of you who may have done this before and has some experience with this problem. I have tried putting vaciline on it to make it more slippering but that has nto worked. Petroleum jelly can dissolve some types of o-rings. *Better to use a silicone lubricant for that application. Jon No wd40 as it swells rubber and it might never go back in or come out ,...

"jim" wrote in message ... On Nov 8, 3:09 pm, "Jon Danniken" wrote: steve wrote: Im apealing to those of you who may have done this before and has some experience with this problem. I have tried putting vaciline on it to make it more slippering but that has nto worked. Petroleum jelly can dissolve some types of o-rings. Better to use a silicone lubricant for that application. Jon No wd40 as it swells rubber...