Thanks especially for showing the white clip at the end of the spray hose. The Moen faucet installation instructions for ours - circa 2004 - showed a screw on connection. Another reason - no Moen no mo'.
Thanks very much for this. Very helpful. I've hot a 10 year old faucet and had to struggle getting the plastic clip off. Finally was able to force it out with a big screw driver. Hats off to Moen who replaced the hose for free honoring their lifetime guarantee.
@@StarLakeFarm LOL...which portion gave headache? For me, lying under the kitchen sink in awkward position in confined space with debris falling on my face was the nasty part, but otherwise, it mostly went smooth.
You need to unkink the spray hose before you install the hose. You can do this by placing the hose into a bucket of warm/hot water. After a few minutes remove the hose and stretch it out--wet the hose again and stretch it out--repeat, repeat. After awhile the hose will straighten out and it will not go back to its old kink self. Cheers!!!
I bought two kits. On the first kit I installed the hose without unkinking it. I took the hose out of the second kit and unkinked it. I intended to replace the first kinked hose with the second unkinked hose. But I am thinking I will run hot water through the kinked hose and see if this works. I will give you the results!!!! thanks @@DIYLifeSkills
Well, it worked --kinda. My water temperature at the tank is 120 F. I had to heat-up about 12 cubs of water using my microwave to unkink the second hose. The 120 F water plus the hot microwave water unkinked the second hose. The first hose still has a bit of a kink, but it is much better. I could only pull out 12 inches of the first hose. Now, I can pull out about 17 inches of hose with little trouble. Be careful if some one one wants to this. Do not pull on the hose with too much force. You could break the retainer!!!! thanks for the replies!!! @@DIYLifeSkills
Best is to use a plumber wrench that works vertically. They are about 15-20 on Amazon. Or you can try with a plier that opens up wide. That brass looking nut is actually just plastic, and it’s not tighten super tight. By the way, I’m assuming you already loosened 3 screws? If you don’t, the brass won’t loosen easily.
Initially I didn’t because I didn’t have it, but in following weekend I got some kitchen/bath anti mold caulking and applied it. Though nothing was leaking out of the bottom the caulking helps to prevent water splash from getting into the crack and dripping below the sink. So I definitely recommend it ASAP after the replacement.
Next time, there is no reason to add the Teflon tape to the threads when attaching the water lines to the valves. There is a seal inside the nut that seals the connection when you attach the hose. The only time you use the Teflon tape is when attaching tapered pipe thread to tapered pipe thread. Where you used the Teflon tape is not a tapered pipe thread.
That small tip of the faucet where water comes out just screws in and out. If it feels too tight, try wrapping a rubber and to get a better grip. I just did this and it came out. If it's still too tight, then you'll need to use a plier, but leave the rubber band wrapped on there and grip the rubber band area to not damage the tip. Trust me, it doesn't take much force, it's just that it's a tiny tip to get a full finger grip is the only real challenge. Let me if that worked. :-)
