How To Remove Kohler Kitchen Faucet Cartridge

Fully open the faucet to both the hot and cold positions to allow any residual water to escape.

How to remove kohler kitchen faucet cartridge.

How to remove a kohler faucet cartridge step 1. To remove it use a glove with grips or a jar remover to turn the piece counterclockwise. Replace the valve in a two handle faucet. With the handle removed the top of the valve will be visible fig.

Slip a flat head screwdriver under this oval tab to pop it off and reveal the hex nut. After you remove the handle you now need to unscrew the bonnet counter clock wise this is what holds the cartridge into place once you remove the bonnet you can then take out the old cartridge and then drop in the new one then tighten up the bonnet back into place by turning it clock wise and then put the handle back on. This will enable you to screw it off the top of the faucet. Once it has been removed set the bonnet aside so you can proceed with repairs to the o ring or cartridge.

Cartridges turning off the water at the shut off valves under the sink. Use an allen wrench to remove that nut and the handle. Remove the kohler faucet. Turn off the water to your faucet and remove the handle fig.

Some faucets have an adapter over. Use an adjustable wrench to remove the kitchen faucet nut holding the cartridge down. Unscrew the nut all the way and remove it from the faucet body. Its purpose is to reinforce the cartridge shaft when the faucet body s setscrew is tightened against it.

On most two handled faucets this can be done by unscrewing the bonnet under the. I only managed to scratch the. Next twist the neck counterclockwise to remove it from the handle. I did some google searches for multiple variations of kohler faucet handle remove in an effort to see if there were any tricks to removing these handles and most of them implied that they just twisted off without a screw.

Note the brass screw at the top of the cartridge if there is one. Turn off the water supply for the kohler faucet in which you want to change the cartridge. Loosen the cartridge retaining nut using a pipe wrench or tongue and groove pliers.