Repair of the mixer

Before starting the repair of the mixer, it is necessary block hot and cold water. After that, parse it: slightly open the faucet and unscrew the crown with a wrench. Clean it from the old seal, then wrap the sackcloth around this place, wet it with water and put the head back in place. The gasket of the mixer can be provided with a gasket, valve, stuffing box or spindle with flywheel fastening screw. Let's consider separately the repair of the mixer parts.

Repair of the mixer: valve

Examine the twisted head. If you saw that the walls of the nest were crumbled, this valve can not be repaired. Replace it with a new one. If the head is unscrewed the valve remained on the mixer, it is necessary to purchase a new valve, and the partsOld pull with tweezers or a metal hook. To prevent the valve from falling out of the spindle, tighten a little of the seal on its shank and, applying the force, install it in the spindle.

Repair mixer: gasket

If the repair of the valve did not help and the tap anywayflow, then a possible cause of leakage is the gasket. Get a new gasket or cut a new one yourself from a piece of dense rubber. Unscrew the screw securing the gasket, then change it to a new one. It is desirable that the new gasket was 1 mm larger predecessor, in order to stay firmly in the nest.

Sometimes in the tap is heard loud buzz - this is also the fault of the old rubbergasket. If there is no water leakage, but the tap is buzzing, dismantle the tap, remove the old gasket, trim the rubber shabby in the middle and put it back in place.

Repair of the mixer: spindle

The current flow of water from the tap indicatesspindle malfunction: the end thread has been removed. In this case, you can install a gasket of at least 5 mm in width, but if this is not found, then it is possible to assemble washers and rubber gaskets of the required thickness and diameter.

If you can not find the materials you needlength, replace the spindle with a new one: remove the handwheel cover, turn out the screw, remove the handwheel and turn out the stuffing box. Gently wrap the new spindle so that the thread is aligned with the thread of the body. If you do not succeed, replace the whole head.

Repair mixer: body and bushing

If the crane is opened water drips from the stuffing box, this may indicate that the thread in the body has worn off. Try it now tighten with a key stuffing box. If after that the water does not stop dripping, then replace the groove packing oil seal.

Close the valve, remove the handwheel cover,unscrew the screw and remove the handwheel. While holding the case with a key for chamfers, remove the bushing with another key. Remove the gland ring located between the packing and the sleeve. In this case, it is better not to get the old stuffing, but just add new threads, wrapping in the direction of twisting the bushing. Then tamper with a screwdriver, but not to overflow the housing groove. For better water resistance soak the threads with oil. Then, assemble the tap.

The lifetime of the mixer depends on the water that flows through the pipes. If the water is soft and there is no precipitation in it, use ceramic gasket - it will last much longer. But for hard water is better suited rubber. Chinese mixers are cheaper than their German prototypes, but they are made from light alloys or aluminum crumbs, and it is necessary to change more often individual parts or a whole mixer. Such a mixer is light in weight and there is usually no guarantee for it.