Moen Single Handle Faucet Cartridge (Model: 1225) Replacement

ID: 162826

Description: When a faucet starts to leak, it may become...

Steps:

1. Turn off the main water supply by inserting your meter key into the curb stop valve handle and rotating it 180 degrees counterclockwise to the closed position.
2. If you have a gate valve, rotate the valve counterclockwise to the closed position.

3. Open the faucet handle to relieve water pressure until there is no water flow.

4. Remove the handle cap.

5. Use a Phillips screwdriver to unscrew the connecting handle screw (10-24 x 1-1/8" Button Head Phillips screw).
6. Remove the handle.

7. Pull out the stop tube.

8. Remove the washer from the brass stem.

9. Using needle-nose pliers, clamp the tip of the notch of the cartridge retaining clip and pull it upwards to remove.

10. Using a pair of vise grips, clamp firmly onto the brass stem and pull out the old 1225 cartridge.

11. On the new 1225 cartridge, orient the volume control holes parallel to the floor.
12. Insert the new 1225 cartridge into the valve.

13. Insert the white twisting cap into the grooves of the new cartridge and push the cartridge into the valve.
14. Remove the white twisting cap.

15. Reinstall the cartridge retainer clip by sliding the clip into the valve.

16. Turn on the main water supply by inserting your meter key into the curb stop valve handle and rotating it 180 degrees clockwise to the open position.
17. If you have a gate valve, rotate the valve clockwise to the open position.

18. Clamp the brass stem with vice grips and rotate it 90 degrees to the left, checking the water temperature for hot water.
19. From this position, rotate the brass stem 180 degrees to the right, checking the water temperature for cold water.
20. If the hot and cold operations are reversed, use vice grips to clamp onto the brass stem and rotate it 180 degrees from the original position.

21. Push the washer onto the brass stem.

22. Replace the stop tube by pushing it onto the valve.

23. Insert the handle onto the stop tube.
24. Use a Phillips screwdriver to screw in the connecting handle screw (10-24 x 1-1/8" Button Head Phillips screw).

25. Replace the handle cap.