R77V3 and R3800: Bearing Ring Installation
Shut water supply to the faucet off: Important: Turn off the water supply at the faucet before starting. You can either turn off the main supply to the house or close the shut-off valves if the faucet is equipped with them. Then open the faucet again to empty it of residual water. Failure to do so could result in flooding or injury.
PULL OUT KITCHEN FAUCET BEARING RING CHANGE-OUT |
R3800 SERIES = R9454641, R77V3 SERIES = R9454651 |
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1. Turn water off to the faucet from supply lines underneath. (not shown) 2. Pull the handle in the up position and remove hot/cold cap. 3. Insert 2.5mm allen wrench into hole and loosen just enough by turning counter clockwise to pull handle off. 4. Remove upper domed cap, lower finished sleeve, and tension wrench. |
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11. Remove upper bearing ring and discard. 12. Remove center o-ring. 13. Use 3mm allen wrench turning counter clockwise to loosen lower bearing ring. 14. Remove lower bearing ring. 15. Thoroughly clean brass body and inside of finished spout body of hard-water deposits and debris with steel wool/sire brush, being careful not to brush or damage the exterior of the finished spout body. (not shown) |
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5. Under the counter, remove flexible handspray hose from copper supply by unthreading. Do not cut the copper supply. 6. Remove counterweight from flexible handspray hose. 7. Pull the WHITE hose guide out of the body of the faucet with needle-nose pliers and remove from hose. |
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16. Grease the new bearing rings, O-ring, internal body, and inside of finished spout body liberally. (not shown) 17. Re-assemble O-ring, lower bearing ring, and finished spout body. 18. Snap new cir-clip on the new white upper bearing ring. 19. Slide new white upper bearing ring onto internal brass body. |
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8. From above the counter, pull handspray and flexibible hose completely out of faucet body. 9. Remove cir-clip from around cartridge and discard. 10. Pull finished spout body off the internal brass body (you may need liquid lubricant if stuck together). |
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20. Re-assemble remainder of faucet following steps 8 through 5 in sections B and C in reverse order. Next, slide lower finished sleeve and upper domed cap over new white upper bearing ring. |
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