Woodford freezeless wall faucet model 17 repair for in-wall valve/stem separation 

Same issue! Thanks much

SIMILAR issue but older model 14 with NO spline! I was all set to make this repair but this older (1976-ish) must have had a necked down threaded end on the shaft itself. When it broke long before I bought the house it sheared off the brass threaded end leaving the retainer with no hole or splined holder to extract. I may try to drill into the retainer. 🤷‍♂️

Yeah, thanks! It worked perfect.

Thank you! Have the same issue with mine. That back piece was not coming out. Appreciate ya!

I have this same issue and was wondering how I would repair it. I was all ready to take a torch into the basement (fortunately for this problem, it is unfinished) and open it up from the inside. I may still have to do that but I will try your solution first. Thanks for the post!

Thanks Mike, I had the very same problem. You saved me a lot of work and money. The trick to getting the inner part out was a little water pressure with the spout covered. The water pressure pushed the part with washers out, and all the splines were intact. I simply changed the washers and put it together without replacing the rod.

Thanks for the video. I have the exact same problem and am having an issue with aligning the splines.

This worked. It took a lilted maneuvering but worked. Thanks for the video.

O.M.G - I wish we lived closer together, I'd buy you a beer or three. This worked exactly as you described and saved me a ton of work as the location of the end of the copper pipe was seriously buried in the wall. As you mentioned, I've seen zero other videos describing this approach. Thanks for posting this fix Mike!

Mike you are a genius. Your idea worked like a charm. I am forever grateful. I also would buy you a beer or two.

Awesome just what I was looking for appreciate it

I have this same issue on mine. Going to attempt to fix this today!

Thanks!