How to Repair Leaking, Dripping Delta Faucet  

I particularly appreciate that you took the time to mention plugging the sink drain before starting any disassembly. There's nothing more aggravating than dropping a small part and helplessly see it fall into the drain. It's happened to me but only once...

Perfect instructional video, no goofy music, no wasted time, i.e.introducing yourself, jokes etc etc. . Clear speaking and perfect video. You should teach a how class for people posting vids. Thank you!

Very thorough and respectful of the parts and areas in where he is working. Some plumbers get the job done but ruin a finish or scratch the sink or counter. This is a professional.

This is one of the best DIY videos I've seen on RU-vid. Great step-by-step explanations and attention to detail!

This is the way a master journeyman teaches a no nothing apprentice; thank you very much!

Sir, you just saved me a plumber's bill and a ton of hassle. I followed your instructions and fixed my delta bathtub faucet. Turned out to be a cracked valve seat, which I wouldn't have figured out without your video. Thanks in 2023!

I have watched a number of these videos. This is the BEST i have watched. This man gets the job done and has great tips.

This is the best DIY video that I have seen. The helpful tips made this an easy job for me to do the right way, especially how to get the seal and spring out and the replacement parts in. Also appreciate giving the model number of the cartridge so that I could shop around for the best price and make sure it was in stock before heading out to the store. Thank you very much !!

This is the way an instruction video should be made. Very detailed and informative. Compare this video to the Delta instructional video. This one is so much better. Thank you!

I just fixed my sink 56 year old female OMG thank you so much I know I couldn't afford to hire someone like you 🥰🥰🥰

Fantastic instructional video, covered all the bases, very easy to follow, not too long or overly complicated… and we were successful with our repair!

I’ve replaced seats and springs but always watch videos first. This video reminded me about the orientation of the parts as they’re removed to make stem installation simpler. Thanks for the tidbit.

This was an excellent video. I was able to repair my drippy faucet. The description of preparing the area (towel down, shut off water, close drain) were really useful. It's easy to forget those kind of things if you're in a hurry to try and fix your problem. I also called Delta and got free replacement parts. I know doing this myself easily saved me $100+. Thanks

+1 on the positive comments. Excellent instruction that worked perfectly ... turning a DIY project (with the normal 'trial and error' risk) or a $$ plumber bill (if you're not the DIY type) into a flawless 10-15 minute fix, all in. When you call Delta for a replacement cartridge be sure to request seats and springs too. Delta will send a new cartridge(s) for free under lifetime warranty but I had to run to HD for the seats and springs because I didn't know to ask for them.

Thank you so much! You did a wonderful job of filming this procedure and explaining everything step-by-step. Now I need to do the bath/shower faucets.

Thank you so very much!!! I've had the parts on hand for a year but have been too afraid to tackle this repair. Instead, I just keep constantly sopping up the ever worsening leak. Your video and explanation have given me the courage to handle this task. I truly appreciate how very articulate you are and how well you explain all the vital information without a lot of irrelevant chatter. This may be the best how-to video I've ever seen!!! Thanks for sharing your expertise and practical knowledge. I'm going to fix my faucet right now!

This is the definitive guide to repairing a leaking/dripping Delta bathroom sink faucet. The video also shows how to approach and conduct all repairs: plan ahead, have the right parts and tools, and be careful not to cause damage. I really appreciate the thoroughness of this video.

You have no idea how invaluable videos like these are. You are doing a public service!! ¡Gracias!

Just right combination of specific detail and teaching a few tips and principles along the way. Terrific help, thanks.

Finally someone who knows what they're doing. Well done and thanks!

I had one bathroom faucet dripping and one leaking at the base. This video allowed me to replace 3 of the four stems and all the washers and springs. The extra notes about towels, washcloths and orientation made this perfect. I feel accomplished and there's no longer water where it's supposed to be dry.

4 years later and you saved me alottttt of money to fix my faucet. Thank you so much for a fantastic video. 🎉🎉🎉😊

Great detailed instruction here by an experienced guy. Thank you!

Best, most informative and easy-to-follow video I found....thanks!

Helped me fix my leaking faucet and warned of many possible errors. Nice work. Thanks!

Joe, this is a great instructional video. I changed one of this out about 10 years ago. I forgot that delta gives a warranty for life on these steams. Thanks for the tips!

Put it like this, amazing attn to detail. This is clearly a pro who has done this job many times and didn’t skip any tutorials for even the newbies. This video was amazing. I know my limits when to hire and I am not going to do this project at this point in my life and this video helped me make that decision. Thank you.

Thank yooooooo!! This is the only video out of many that I watched which enabled me to get that darn spring and gasket down in that little hole. My first faucet cartridge change and successful. Thanks to you!!

I'm happy to have found this video as I'm replacing the dripping faucet. This will now make my life and work easier.

Excellent video! Great pictures. Great tips/pointers. Especially about the multi-turn shut off valves. You don't want one of those to fail....trust me. Just replaced mine and went back and watched again. Many Thanks!

Very professionally done. Thanks for posting. I appreciate the time.

Thanks to your thumbnail having the exact same faucet as me I was able to identify my cartridge as a Delta. A big help to go out and buy one. Was leaking from the top going down threads leaking under sink. Took me a long time to diagnose. Thought the hose was leaking at first.

This was so helpful and clear! Thank you for posting this!

Professor sounding with possible educated Georgia accent giving thorough, careful, useful instruction. (Our fix it people may speak slower and give you tons of information but at the end y'all are going to know something😁) By the conclusion of the video you are ready to break out the tools and parts and get it done. For those in his area that get in over their head or have bigger jobs this has to be the guy to call.

Excellent video, very well done, thorough, easy to understand and no nonsense!

100% perfect instructions! Thanks, Joe!

so straight forward and easy to follow. first time to do this and it was easy peasy! done in 10min with confidence and successfully!! thanks so much!!

I appreciate your video I’m no plumber and your video is easy to follow and most of all it works. Thanks for taking the time to make this.

Thank you so much for your video. It only cost me $36 to fix my sink. Thank you again! Took about 40 min to swap the parts out.

Just awesome presentation. Thank you for sharing. People can learn more than the simple task from watching. Use oem parts, towels especially for dropping things since Murphy's law, it WILL go down. Orientation is big in anything. Cells, take some pics, helps, mechanic like brakes. Trust me, we will forget what we took apart! Especially at my age. Thanks again, Shawn

This was incredibly helpful! I just changed the cartridges on my Delta faucet and it came out great!

Thank you so much for this. After fixing my sink, I have just a few comments 1. My handle took some strength to get off. Dont worry if you have to pull hard 2. Take a pic of the stem before/after taking it out. 3. Home depot lists the part as a "stem" and not a cartridge, just so people dont get confused. There is part RP255513 and 255513-3. Not sure what the difference is. They are the same skew# at HD. My handle felt a lot loser and easier to move after fixing it. Works great, no leaks. Just felt different Hope this helps everyone!

I just wanted to thank you for this very well put together video. I am not a confident do it yourself or and water as well as electricity scare me when it comes to doing myself, but this was terrific. I don’t know if you read these or not, but if you do know that it is GREATLY appreciated.

A very helpful, easy to follow, complete instructional video. Clear verbal instructions that follows appropriate video. This video contains several helpful professional tips.

Thank you for saving my sanity'!!! I learned a lot today! Works for the RV, too.

Excellent DIY instruction video. Clear. Concise. And just detailed enough. Thank you for explaining the seat and spring assembly in detail. Many other video have left that important detail out.

Thank you for this video! I (no experience in plumbing!) was able to fix my leaky faucet😊

Thank you for a slow, methodical, and clear step-by-step video. I appreciate it!

Best DIY video on RU-vid. Thank you!

Thank you for taking the time to make such a super helpful and well explained video

Great instructions! You saved me money and gave me confidence!

thank you. if i had of watched this first, I would of not had broken the handle, and the stem on my sink trying to get it to stop leaking. this is just what I needed to see. Awesome.

Very well done. I think the main take away, very important, that the spring and grommet must seat and be bouncy on the valve in order for the valve to work! Thanks. I watched others but yours brought it home.

Had to watch 3 different videos before I found one that showed the correct orientation of the spring and seat. Thumbs up for that.

I am so proud of myself…I did it…thank you…saved me some money.

Thank you, this was a great video. Our Friday night date night! Dinner, this video, and a trip to Lowe’s. Fixed it, no more drips! Thank you, we appreciate the help!!!

Thanks for the video, hadn’t had to fix one in many years and needed a refresher...

Thank you for making this an easy fix for a 1st timer.

RP60400 is the original part number. Thank you for this video, it clarified the part number issue.

I just fixed my leaking Delta faucet, boo-yah!! Thanks for the help, saved me calling a plumber :)

Fantastic video and great supporting dialogue. I appreciated (and copied) all of your tips as well.

Thanks! I followed your lead and fixed it. I didn’t have to replace the cartridge just the spring etc. but you were very thorough!😊

This was just perfect and so helpful. Thank you for ALL the details!!!

Excellent video! The only thing I may add… I apply a small amount of Plumber’s silicone to the O-rings before reinstalling. I have accidentally torn the new o-ring .

Excellent video. I'm about to do this exact thing on my Delta faucet, and the information here is just what I needed. Thanks!

This was great, especially the part about paying attention to the order in which you take things apart and their relative position. I am great at taking things apart without doing that, so putting things back together is always an adventure

Thanks! I could follow you and fix my dripping faucet by replacing seat and spring.

Excellent! Clear steady images, slow and easy narration.Thank you so much ;>)

Thanks so much for posting this! I do have a general purpose book for household repairs, but it isn't specific to Delta faucets/valves, which is exactly what I needed. I appreciate the tips for replacing the parts properly and protecting the sink as well!👍

Excellent video, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

Finished the job in minutes!! Your a great guy💯💯💯💪🏿

Thank you for posting this video. Your explanation was spot on! I was able to fix my leaky bathtub (Delta) faucet.

Thank you, you have really helped me today and I really appreciate that

Saved me from having a COMPLETE meltdown trying to seat that spring and gasket! My tip is I used a wooden popsicle stick n small screwdriver to push down on the gasket/spring and then push/slip the other side in. Maddening how something so simple can be so hard… without the special tool:).

Thank You. I was able to fix my leak by myself thanks to your videos. I appreciate you.

Excellent video. All the details were there, the part numbers, great camera work. Thank you very much for taking the time to make this. Fixed my leaky Delta faucet.

Keep and mark this episode! Accurate; fast; and to the point!!!!! Obviously posted by a Pro'.

That was a very helpful video. Thank You!

Very HELPFUL video. 🥇 love it’s straight to the point. Followed it today to fix a drippy Delta faucet. Easy! Most time consuming was driving to hardware store. Note to future self: Do not throw away the fixture box…or at the very least write down the model number, goofball! (Speaking to myself there.) The faucet was installed in a new bathroom in 2017 so I was fairly confident the valve and seat/spring model numbers at the store would work. They did.

Thank you for all the helpful tips. This saved me a good bit of aggravation.

Wow Wow Wow!!!! Thank you so much for this video!!! Our plumber was going to charge us $306 to fix our leaking faucet!!!!! The guy said it needed a new cartridge - huh?!??!! All it needed was a new seat/spring. I watched this video twice, went to the hardware store, and changed out the seat/spring MYSELF!!! The part was just $3.89!!! Ha! I told my husband I'm in charge of fixing leaky faucets from now on - LOL!!!!

Great video. You explained it in detail and now Im ready to tackle my leaky faucet.

Doing 2nd faucet on same set. Grateful again for your video!

Fantastic video! I have never done this and have a faucet (exact same) with a drip about every 5 seconds. Seems to subside or at least go to every 30 seconds or so with the handle not at full stop, slightly open. Now I am very confident on how to tackle this. Thanks for the tip on calling Delta too.

Great video! My faucet was still dripping slightly after replacing the cartridge and spring assembly. I had to keep re-seating the spring and seat. Took a few attempts to get that part of the process right. No leaks or drips. Thank you!

Just did the install and all went well, thanks to your clear notes and saying which cartridge to buy. One note is the lever stopper comes in the package with the cartridge and you need to install it (a little white plastic piece before you screw down the cartridge with the outer ring, this keeps the levers from turning more than a quarter turn if you want that instead of a full half turn. I also wonder if just new springs and seats would stop the leak as apposed to buying new cartridges. My cartridges did not come with the spring and seats, Lowe’s sells them separately called Dankco repair kit for Delta scald guard 80465. 😅 so awesome to do this myself! Thanks a ton!

Excellent. Helped me a great deal. Thank you.

Outstanding tutorial. Thanks for covering everything.

This was just what I needed!! Thank you for the very detailed and explanatory video. I did it!

Great step-by-step instructions!

Thank you for doing this. Excellent instructional video!

Great job. Thanks for the video

Very helpful! Thanks guys!!!

An excellent video. I can now approach the job with (some) confidence. Thanks for your help!

Likely the best example on how to do it ... clear and helpful

This video explains perfectly. Thank you!

This was excellent video thanks! Great details and filming. Subscribing!!

Very helpful reminder video. One minor point, I'm a stickler for detail. I would call that a seal because the seat is in the valve body.

I hope you are an instructor in a program that teaches plumbing! Very helpful! Thank you!

This was extremely helpful! Thank you so much